#512D97#512D97

#512D97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.163 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D97
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 151)
HSL	hsl(260, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 70.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 41.17, -52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 66.55, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0647 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.163 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9161, 5.8602, 29.8808)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D97 #73972D

analogous

#2D3E97 #512D97 #862D97

triadic

#512D97 #97512D #2D9751

tetradic

#512D97 #972D3E #73972D #2D9786

square

#512D97 #972D3E #73972D #2D9786

split-complementary

#512D97 #97862D #3E972D

monochromatic

#1E1139 #381F68 #512D97 #6B3CC5 #8F6BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#512D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#512D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D97

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D97	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.163 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b6',
    500: '#512d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d97;
$custom-light: #8869b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.377,
    "s": 54.082,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4065,
    "c": 0.16305,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D97

secondary

#9DBA66

accent

#DD4AAB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D97

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

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