#512E9B#512E9B

#512E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.167 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E9B
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.59, 41.77, -53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.59, 68.16, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% 0.0629 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.167 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2851, 6.0695, 31.6336)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.13

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E9B #789B2E

analogous

#2E429B #512E9B #882E9B

triadic

#512E9B #9B512E #2E9B51

tetradic

#512E9B #9B2E42 #789B2E #2E9B88

square

#512E9B #9B2E42 #789B2E #2E9B88

split-complementary

#512E9B #9B882E #429B2E

monochromatic

#20123D #38206C #512E9B #6B40C6 #906FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#512E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#512E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E9B

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E9B	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.167 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969b9',
    500: '#512e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e9b;
$custom-light: #8969b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.266,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41133,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E9B

secondary

#A1BC69

accent

#DE4AAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E9B

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

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