#512E9A#512E9A

#512E9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.165 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E9A
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.50, 41.48, -53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.50, 67.61, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.0631 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.165 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2014, 6.0361, 31.1932)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.27

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E9A #779A2E

analogous

#2E419A #512E9A #872E9A

triadic

#512E9A #9A512E #2E9A51

tetradic

#512E9A #9A2E41 #779A2E #2E9A87

square

#512E9A #9A2E41 #779A2E #2E9A87

split-complementary

#512E9A #9A872E #419A2E

monochromatic

#1F123C #38206B #512E9A #6B3FC6 #8F6FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#512E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#512E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E9A

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E9A	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.165 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969b9',
    500: '#512e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e9a;
$custom-light: #8969b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.444,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41047,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E9A

secondary

#A0BB69

accent

#DD4AAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E9A

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

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