#512D99#512D99

#512D99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.165 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D99
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 70.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 41.74, -53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 67.65, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.0643 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.165 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0799, 5.9257, 30.7435)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.51

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D99 #75992D

analogous

#2D3F99 #512D99 #872D99

triadic

#512D99 #99512D #2D9951

tetradic

#512D99 #992D3F #75992D #2D9987

square

#512D99 #992D3F #75992D #2D9987

split-complementary

#512D99 #99872D #3F992D

monochromatic

#1F113A #381F6A #512D99 #6B3DC6 #8F6CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#512D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#512D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D99

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D99	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.165 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969b8',
    500: '#512d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d99;
$custom-light: #8969b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40821,
    "c": 0.16548,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D99

secondary

#9FBB67

accent

#DE4AAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D99

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

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