#512C90#512C90

#512C90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.156 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C90
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 144)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 39.74, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 63.27, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0669 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.156 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3267, 5.5641, 26.9627)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C90 #6B902C

analogous

#2C3990 #512C90 #832C90

triadic

#512C90 #90512C #2C9051

tetradic

#512C90 #902C39 #6B902C #2C9083

square

#512C90 #902C39 #6B902C #2C9083

split-complementary

#512C90 #90832C #39902C

monochromatic

#1C0F32 #371E61 #512C90 #6B3ABF #8D66D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#512C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#512C90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C90

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C90	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.156 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b1',
    500: '#512c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c90;
$custom-light: #8768b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.2,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39918,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C90

secondary

#97B761

accent

#DD4BA7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C90

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

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