#512D96#512D96

#512D96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.162 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D96
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 150)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 70%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.97, 40.89, -51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.97, 66.00, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% 0.0648 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.162 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8352, 5.8278, 29.4549)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D96 #72962D

analogous

#2D3E96 #512D96 #852D96

triadic

#512D96 #96512D #2D9651

tetradic

#512D96 #962D3E #72962D #2D9685

square

#512D96 #962D3E #72962D #2D9685

split-complementary

#512D96 #96852D #3E962D

monochromatic

#1E1138 #381F67 #512D96 #6B3CC4 #8E6BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#512D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#512D96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D96

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D96	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.162 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b6',
    500: '#512d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d96;
$custom-light: #8869b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40565,
    "c": 0.16183,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D96

secondary

#9DB965

accent

#DD4BAB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D96

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

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