#512C8F#512C8F

#512C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.155 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C8F
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 143)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 39.46, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 62.72, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(39.84% 0.067 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(39.84% 0.155 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2506, 5.5337, 26.5620)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C8F #6A8F2C

analogous

#2C398F #512C8F #832C8F

triadic

#512C8F #8F512C #2C8F51

tetradic

#512C8F #8F2C39 #6A8F2C #2C8F83

square

#512C8F #8F2C39 #6A8F2C #2C8F83

split-complementary

#512C8F #8F832C #398F2C

monochromatic

#1C0F31 #361E60 #512C8F #6C3ABE #8D66D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#512C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#512C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C8F

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C8F	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.155 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b1',
    500: '#512c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c8f;
$custom-light: #8768b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.424,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39835,
    "c": 0.15458,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C8F

secondary

#96B661

accent

#DC4BA6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C8F

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

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