#512F91#512F91

#512F91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.153 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F91
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 145)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 67.6%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.97, 38.36, -48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.97, 62.03, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0634 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.153 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5193, 5.8265, 27.4056)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512F91 #6F912F

analogous

#2F3E91 #512F91 #822F91

triadic

#512F91 #91512F #2F9151

tetradic

#512F91 #912F3E #6F912F #2F9182

square

#512F91 #912F3E #6F912F #2F9182

split-complementary

#512F91 #91822F #3E912F

monochromatic

#1D1135 #372063 #512F91 #6B3EBF #8E6BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#512F91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#512F91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F91

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F91	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40465C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.153 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ab2',
    500: '#512f91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f91;
$custom-light: #876ab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.816,
    "s": 51.042,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40435,
    "c": 0.15305,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F91

secondary

#9AB665

accent

#DB4DAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F91

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

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