#512E91#512E91

#512E91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.154 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E91
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 145)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 38.92, -49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 62.63, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.29% 0.0645 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(40.29% 0.154 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4798, 5.7474, 27.3925)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E91 #6E912E

analogous

#2E3D91 #512E91 #822E91

triadic

#512E91 #91512E #2E9151

tetradic

#512E91 #912E3D #6E912E #2E9182

square

#512E91 #912E3D #6E912E #2E9182

split-complementary

#512E91 #91822E #3D912E

monochromatic

#1D1134 #371F63 #512E91 #6B3DBF #8E6AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#512E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#512E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E91

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E91	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.154 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769b2',
    500: '#512e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e91;
$custom-light: #8769b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.212,
    "s": 51.832,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40288,
    "c": 0.15439,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E91

secondary

#99B764

accent

#DB4DA9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E91

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

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