#512B9F#512B9F

#512B9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.175 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B9F
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 159)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 73%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.36, 44.49, -56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.36, 72.05, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.065 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.175 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5135, 5.9799, 33.3945)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B9F #799F2B

analogous

#2B3F9F #512B9F #8B2B9F

triadic

#512B9F #9F512B #2B9F51

tetradic

#512B9F #9F2B3F #799F2B #2B9F8B

square

#512B9F #9F2B3F #799F2B #2B9F8B

split-complementary

#512B9F #9F8B2B #3F9F2B

monochromatic

#20113F #381E6F #512B9F #6B3DCA #906DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#512B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#512B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B9F

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B9F	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.175 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68bc',
    500: '#512b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b9f;
$custom-light: #8a68bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.655,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41079,
    "c": 0.17506,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B9F

secondary

#A2BE67

accent

#E147AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B9F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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