#512E99#512E99

#512E99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.164 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E99
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 69.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, 41.20, -52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 67.06, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.0633 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.164 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1185, 6.0029, 30.7564)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.41

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E99 #76992E

analogous

#2E4199 #512E99 #872E99

triadic

#512E99 #99512E #2E9951

tetradic

#512E99 #992E41 #76992E #2E9987

square

#512E99 #992E41 #76992E #2E9987

split-complementary

#512E99 #99872E #41992E

monochromatic

#1F123B #38206A #512E99 #6B3FC5 #8F6ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#512E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#512E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E99

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E99	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.164 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869b8',
    500: '#512e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e99;
$custom-light: #8869b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.626,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40961,
    "c": 0.16423,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E99

secondary

#A0BB68

accent

#DD4BAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E99

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

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