#512F96#512F96

#512F96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.159 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F96
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 150)
HSL	hsl(260, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 68.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.37, 39.79, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.37, 64.81, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% 0.0627 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.159 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9134, 5.9841, 29.4810)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512F96 #74962F

analogous

#2F4096 #512F96 #842F96

triadic

#512F96 #96512F #2F9651

tetradic

#512F96 #962F40 #74962F #2F9684

square

#512F96 #962F40 #74962F #2F9684

split-complementary

#512F96 #96842F #40962F

monochromatic

#1F1239 #382067 #512F96 #6B3FC3 #8F6ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#512F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#512F96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F96

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F96	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.159 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ab6',
    500: '#512f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f96;
$custom-light: #886ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.806,
    "s": 52.284,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4085,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F96

secondary

#9EB968

accent

#DC4CAC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F96

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

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