#512E93#512E93

#512E93 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.157 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E93
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 147)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 68.7%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.93, 39.49, -50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.93, 63.75, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0643 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.157 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6354, 5.8096, 28.2118)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E93 #70932E

analogous

#2E3D93 #512E93 #832E93

triadic

#512E93 #93512E #2E9351

tetradic

#512E93 #932E3D #70932E #2E9383

square

#512E93 #932E3D #70932E #2E9383

split-complementary

#512E93 #93832E #3D932E

monochromatic

#1E1136 #371F64 #512E93 #6B3DC2 #8E6BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#512E93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#512E93 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E93

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E93	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F465C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.157 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b3',
    500: '#512e93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e93;
$custom-light: #8869b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.792,
    "s": 52.332,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40454,
    "c": 0.15686,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E93

secondary

#9BB865

accent

#DC4CAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E93

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

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