#512F97#512F97

#512F97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.160 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F97
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 151)
HSL	hsl(260, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 40.08, -51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 65.36, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.0626 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.16 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9942, 6.0164, 29.9069)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.61

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512F97 #75972F

analogous

#2F4197 #512F97 #852F97

triadic

#512F97 #97512F #2F9751

tetradic

#512F97 #972F41 #75972F #2F9785

square

#512F97 #972F41 #75972F #2F9785

split-complementary

#512F97 #97852F #41972F

monochromatic

#1F123A #382068 #512F97 #6B40C3 #8F6ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#512F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#512F97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F97

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F97	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.160 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ab6',
    500: '#512f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f97;
$custom-light: #886ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.615,
    "s": 52.525,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40934,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F97

secondary

#9FB968

accent

#DC4CAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F97

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

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