#512D8E#512D8E

#512D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.152 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D8E
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.32, 38.63, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.32, 61.57, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.9% 0.0661 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(39.9% 0.152 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2129, 5.5789, 26.1774)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D8E #6A8E2D

analogous

#2D3A8E #512D8E #822D8E

triadic

#512D8E #8E512D #2D8E51

tetradic

#512D8E #8E2D3A #6A8E2D #2D8E82

square

#512D8E #8E2D3A #6A8E2D #2D8E82

split-complementary

#512D8E #8E822D #3A8E2D

monochromatic

#1C1031 #361E60 #512D8E #6C3CBC #8D67CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#512D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#512D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D8E

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D8E	1.00	9.93	2.12	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.152 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b0',
    500: '#512d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d8e;
$custom-light: #8768b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.268,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39896,
    "c": 0.15203,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D8E

secondary

#96B561

accent

#DB4CA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D8E

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

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