#512D90#512D90

#512D90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.154 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D90
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 144)
HSL	hsl(262, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 68.7%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 39.19, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 62.68, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.0658 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.154 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3644, 5.6395, 26.9753)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D90 #6C902D

analogous

#2D3B90 #512D90 #832D90

triadic

#512D90 #90512D #2D9051

tetradic

#512D90 #902D3B #6C902D #2D9083

square

#512D90 #902D3B #6C902D #2D9083

split-complementary

#512D90 #90832D #3B902D

monochromatic

#1D1033 #371E61 #512D90 #6B3CBF #8E68D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#512D90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#512D90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D90

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D90	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.154 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b1',
    500: '#512d90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d90;
$custom-light: #8768b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40061,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D90

secondary

#98B662

accent

#DC4CA8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D90

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

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