#512D98#512D98

#512D98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.164 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D98
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 152)
HSL	hsl(260, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.14, 41.45, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.14, 67.10, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0645 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.164 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9977, 5.8928, 30.3103)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D98 #74982D

analogous

#2D3E98 #512D98 #862D98

triadic

#512D98 #98512D #2D9851

tetradic

#512D98 #982D3E #74982D #2D9886

square

#512D98 #982D3E #74982D #2D9886

split-complementary

#512D98 #98862D #3E982D

monochromatic

#1F113A #381F69 #512D98 #6B3DC5 #8F6CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#512D98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#512D98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D98

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D98	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.164 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b7',
    500: '#512d98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d98;
$custom-light: #8869b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.187,
    "s": 54.315,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40735,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D98

secondary

#9EBA66

accent

#DE4AAC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D98

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

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