#512E8F#512E8F

#512E8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.152 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E8F
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 143)
HSL	hsl(262, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 67.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 38.35, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 61.52, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% 0.0648 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.152 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3269, 5.6863, 26.5874)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E8F #6C8F2E

analogous

#2E3C8F #512E8F #822E8F

triadic

#512E8F #8F512E #2E8F51

tetradic

#512E8F #8F2E3C #6C8F2E #2E8F82

square

#512E8F #8F2E3C #6C8F2E #2E8F82

split-complementary

#512E8F #8F822E #3C8F2E

monochromatic

#1D1032 #371F61 #512E8F #6B3DBD #8E69CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#512E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#512E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E8F

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E8F	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.152 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769b1',
    500: '#512e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e8f;
$custom-light: #8769b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.649,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40124,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E8F

secondary

#98B663

accent

#DB4DA8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E8F

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

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