#512D95#512D95

#512D95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.161 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D95
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 149)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 69.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 40.60, -51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 65.45, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.065 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.161 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7551, 5.7958, 29.0327)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D95 #71952D

analogous

#2D3D95 #512D95 #852D95

triadic

#512D95 #95512D #2D9551

tetradic

#512D95 #952D3D #71952D #2D9585

square

#512D95 #952D3D #71952D #2D9585

split-complementary

#512D95 #95852D #3D952D

monochromatic

#1E1137 #371F66 #512D95 #6B3BC4 #8E6AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#512D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#512D95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D95

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D95	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.161 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b5',
    500: '#512d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d95;
$custom-light: #8869b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 53.608,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4048,
    "c": 0.16062,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D95

secondary

#9CB965

accent

#DD4BAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D95

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

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