#512D94#512D94

#512D94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.159 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D94
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 148)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 69.6%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 40.32, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 64.89, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.0652 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.159 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6756, 5.7640, 28.6140)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D94 #70942D

analogous

#2D3C94 #512D94 #842D94

triadic

#512D94 #94512D #2D9451

tetradic

#512D94 #942D3C #70942D #2D9484

square

#512D94 #942D3C #70942D #2D9484

split-complementary

#512D94 #94842D #3C942D

monochromatic

#1E1036 #371F65 #512D94 #6B3BC3 #8E6AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#512D94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#512D94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D94

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D94	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.159 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b4',
    500: '#512d94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d94;
$custom-light: #8869b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.971,
    "s": 53.368,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40395,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D94

secondary

#9BB864

accent

#DD4BAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D94

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

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