#512C94#512C94

#512C94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.161 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C94
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 148)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 70.3%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 40.86, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 65.48, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0662 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.161 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6379, 5.6886, 28.6014)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C94 #6F942C

analogous

#2C3B94 #512C94 #852C94

triadic

#512C94 #94512C #2C9451

tetradic

#512C94 #942C3B #6F942C #2C9485

square

#512C94 #942C3B #6F942C #2C9485

split-complementary

#512C94 #94852C #3B942C

monochromatic

#1D1036 #371E65 #512C94 #6B3AC3 #8E68D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#512C94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#512C94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C94

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C94	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E465C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.161 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b4',
    500: '#512c94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c94;
$custom-light: #8868b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.346,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40255,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C94

secondary

#9AB963

accent

#DE4AA9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C94

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

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