#512E98#512E98

#512E98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.163 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E98
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 152)
HSL	hsl(260, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 69.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 40.91, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 66.51, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.0635 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.163 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0363, 5.9700, 30.3232)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E98 #75982E

analogous

#2E4098 #512E98 #862E98

triadic

#512E98 #98512E #2E9851

tetradic

#512E98 #982E40 #75982E #2E9886

square

#512E98 #982E40 #75982E #2E9886

split-complementary

#512E98 #98862E #40982E

monochromatic

#1F123A #382069 #512E98 #6B3EC5 #8F6DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#512E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#512E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E98

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E98	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.163 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b7',
    500: '#512e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e98;
$custom-light: #8869b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.811,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40876,
    "c": 0.16301,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E98

secondary

#9FBA68

accent

#DD4BAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E98

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

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