#512C96#512C96

#512C96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.163 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C96
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 150)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 70.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.78, 41.43, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.78, 66.58, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0659 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.163 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7975, 5.7524, 29.4424)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C96 #71962C

analogous

#2C3C96 #512C96 #862C96

triadic

#512C96 #96512C #2C9651

tetradic

#512C96 #962C3C #71962C #2C9686

square

#512C96 #962C3C #71962C #2C9686

split-complementary

#512C96 #96862C #3C962C

monochromatic

#1E1037 #371E67 #512C96 #6B3AC5 #8E69D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#512C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#512C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C96

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C96	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.163 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b6',
    500: '#512c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c96;
$custom-light: #8868b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.943,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40425,
    "c": 0.16309,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C96

secondary

#9CBA64

accent

#DE4AAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C96

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

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