#512C97#512C97

#512C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.164 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C97
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 41.71, -52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 67.13, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0657 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.164 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8784, 5.7848, 29.8683)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C97 #72972C

analogous

#2C3C97 #512C97 #862C97

triadic

#512C97 #97512C #2C9751

tetradic

#512C97 #972C3C #72972C #2C9786

square

#512C97 #972C3C #72972C #2C9786

split-complementary

#512C97 #97862C #3C972C

monochromatic

#1E1038 #381E68 #512C97 #6B3AC6 #8E6AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#512C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#512C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C97

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C97	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.164 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b6',
    500: '#512c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c97;
$custom-light: #8868b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.748,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40511,
    "c": 0.1643,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C97

secondary

#9DBA65

accent

#DE4AAB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C97

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

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