#512C91#512C91

#512C91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.157 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C91
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 145)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 40.02, -49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 63.83, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0667 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.157 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4035, 5.5948, 27.3670)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C91 #6C912C

analogous

#2C3A91 #512C91 #842C91

triadic

#512C91 #91512C #2C9151

tetradic

#512C91 #912C3A #6C912C #2C9184

square

#512C91 #912C3A #6C912C #2C9184

split-complementary

#512C91 #91842C #3A912C

monochromatic

#1D1033 #371E62 #512C91 #6B3AC0 #8E67D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#512C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#512C91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C91

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C91	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.157 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b2',
    500: '#512c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c91;
$custom-light: #8868b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.98,
    "s": 53.439,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40002,
    "c": 0.15703,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C91

secondary

#98B762

accent

#DD4BA7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C91

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

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