#512D9A#512D9A

#512D9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.167 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D9A
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 154)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 42.02, -53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 68.19, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0641 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.167 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1628, 5.9589, 31.1803)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.37

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D9A #769A2D

analogous

#2D3F9A #512D9A #882D9A

triadic

#512D9A #9A512D #2D9A51

tetradic

#512D9A #9A2D3F #769A2D #2D9A88

square

#512D9A #9A2D3F #769A2D #2D9A88

split-complementary

#512D9A #9A882D #3F9A2D

monochromatic

#1F113B #381F6B #512D9A #6B3EC7 #8F6DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#512D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#512D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D9A

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D9A	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.167 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969b9',
    500: '#512d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d9a;
$custom-light: #8969b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.817,
    "s": 54.774,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40908,
    "c": 0.16669,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D9A

secondary

#A0BB67

accent

#DE4AAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D9A

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

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