#512E95#512E95

#512E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.159 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E95
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 149)
HSL	hsl(260, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 69.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, 40.06, -51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 64.85, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.064 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.159 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7937, 5.8730, 29.0455)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E95 #72952E

analogous

#2E3E95 #512E95 #842E95

triadic

#512E95 #95512E #2E9551

tetradic

#512E95 #952E3E #72952E #2E9584

square

#512E95 #952E3E #72952E #2E9584

split-complementary

#512E95 #95842E #3E952E

monochromatic

#1E1137 #382066 #512E95 #6B3DC3 #8E6CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#512E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#512E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E95

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E95	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.159 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b5',
    500: '#512e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e95;
$custom-light: #8869b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.388,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40622,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E95

secondary

#9DB966

accent

#DC4CAB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E95

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

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