#512C92#512C92

#512C92 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.158 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C92
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 146)
HSL	hsl(262, 54%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 69.9%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 40.30, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 64.38, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0665 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.158 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4809, 5.6258, 27.7749)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C92 #6D922C

analogous

#2C3A92 #512C92 #842C92

triadic

#512C92 #92512C #2C9251

tetradic

#512C92 #922C3A #6D922C #2C9284

square

#512C92 #922C3A #6D922C #2C9284

split-complementary

#512C92 #92842C #3A922C

monochromatic

#1D1034 #371E63 #512C92 #6B3AC1 #8E67D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#512C92 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#512C92 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C92

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C92	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C92	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c92;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.158 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b3',
    500: '#512c92',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c92;
$custom-light: #8868b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c92",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.765,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40086,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C92

secondary

#99B862

accent

#DD4BA8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C92

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

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