#512C93#512C93

#512C93 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.159 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C93
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 147)
HSL	hsl(262, 54%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 70.1%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 40.58, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 64.93, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0664 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.159 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5591, 5.6570, 28.1864)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C93 #6E932C

analogous

#2C3B93 #512C93 #842C93

triadic

#512C93 #93512C #2C9351

tetradic

#512C93 #932C3B #6E932C #2C9384

square

#512C93 #932C3B #6E932C #2C9384

split-complementary

#512C93 #93842C #3B932C

monochromatic

#1D1035 #371E64 #512C93 #6B3AC2 #8E68D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#512C93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#512C93 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C93

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C93	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.159 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b3',
    500: '#512c93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c93;
$custom-light: #8868b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.553,
    "s": 53.927,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4017,
    "c": 0.15946,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C93

secondary

#99B863

accent

#DD4AA9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C93

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

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