#512F8A#512F8A

#512F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.144 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F8A
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 36.38, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 58.10, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% 0.0643 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.144 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9961, 5.6172, 24.6501)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512F8A #688A2F

analogous

#2F3B8A #512F8A #7F2F8A

triadic

#512F8A #8A512F #2F8A51

tetradic

#512F8A #8A2F3B #688A2F #2F8A7F

square

#512F8A #8A2F3B #688A2F #2F8A7F

split-complementary

#512F8A #8A7F2F #3B8A2F

monochromatic

#1B102F #361F5C #512F8A #6C3FB8 #8D68CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#512F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#512F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F8A

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F8A	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.144 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876aad',
    500: '#512f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f8a;
$custom-light: #876aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.418,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3987,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F8A

secondary

#95B362

accent

#D94FA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F8A

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

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