#512C95#512C95

#512C95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.162 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C95
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 149)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 41.14, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 66.03, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.34% 0.066 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(40.34% 0.162 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7174, 5.7203, 29.0201)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C95 #70952C

analogous

#2C3B95 #512C95 #852C95

triadic

#512C95 #95512C #2C9551

tetradic

#512C95 #952C3B #70952C #2C9585

square

#512C95 #952C3B #70952C #2C9585

split-complementary

#512C95 #95852C #3B952C

monochromatic

#1E1037 #371E66 #512C95 #6B3AC4 #8E69D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#512C95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#512C95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C95

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C95	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.162 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b5',
    500: '#512c95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c95;
$custom-light: #8868b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.143,
    "s": 54.404,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4034,
    "c": 0.16189,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C95

secondary

#9BB964

accent

#DE4AAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C95

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

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