#512C8E#512C8E

#512C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.153 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C8E
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.12, 39.18, -48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.12, 62.17, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(39.75% 0.0672 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(39.75% 0.153 296)
XYZ	xyz(9.1752, 5.5035, 26.1648)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C8E #698E2C

analogous

#2C388E #512C8E #822C8E

triadic

#512C8E #8E512C #2C8E51

tetradic

#512C8E #8E2C38 #698E2C #2C8E82

square

#512C8E #8E2C38 #698E2C #2C8E82

split-complementary

#512C8E #8E822C #388E2C

monochromatic

#1C0F31 #361E5F #512C8E #6C3ABD #8D65CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#512C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#512C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C8E

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C8E	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.153 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b0',
    500: '#512c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c8e;
$custom-light: #8768b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.653,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39752,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.05504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C8E

secondary

#95B660

accent

#DC4CA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C8E

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

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