#512C99#512C99

#512C99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.167 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C99
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 71.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 42.27, -53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 68.22, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0653 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.167 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0422, 5.8503, 30.7309)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C99 #74992C

analogous

#2C3D99 #512C99 #872C99

triadic

#512C99 #99512C #2C9951

tetradic

#512C99 #992C3D #74992C #2C9987

square

#512C99 #992C3D #74992C #2C9987

split-complementary

#512C99 #99872C #3D992C

monochromatic

#1F113A #381E69 #512C99 #6B3BC7 #8F6BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#512C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#512C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C99

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C99	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.167 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968b8',
    500: '#512c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c99;
$custom-light: #8968b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.367,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40684,
    "c": 0.16672,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C99

secondary

#9EBB66

accent

#DF49AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C99

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

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