#512E8E#512E8E

#512E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.151 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E8E
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 38.07, -47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 60.96, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.0649 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.151 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2515, 5.6561, 26.1902)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E8E #6B8E2E

analogous

#2E3B8E #512E8E #812E8E

triadic

#512E8E #8E512E #2E8E51

tetradic

#512E8E #8E2E3B #6B8E2E #2E8E81

square

#512E8E #8E2E3B #6B8E2E #2E8E81

split-complementary

#512E8E #8E812E #3B8E2E

monochromatic

#1C1032 #371F60 #512E8E #6B3DBC #8D68CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#512E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#512E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E8E

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E8E	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.151 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769b0',
    500: '#512e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e8e;
$custom-light: #8769b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40042,
    "c": 0.15067,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E8E

secondary

#97B563

accent

#DB4DA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E8E

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

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