#512F9D#512F9D

#512F9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.168 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F9D
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.95, 41.80, -54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.95, 68.67, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.45% 0.0616 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(41.45% 0.168 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4939, 6.2163, 32.5387)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512F9D #7B9D2F

analogous

#2F449D #512F9D #882F9D

triadic

#512F9D #9D512F #2F9D51

tetradic

#512F9D #9D2F44 #7B9D2F #2F9D88

square

#512F9D #9D2F44 #7B9D2F #2F9D88

split-complementary

#512F9D #9D882F #449D2F

monochromatic

#20133F #39216E #512F9D #6B43C7 #9072D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#512F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#512F9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F9D

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F9D	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.168 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896abb',
    500: '#512f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f9d;
$custom-light: #896abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 53.922,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41446,
    "c": 0.16786,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F9D

secondary

#A3BC6B

accent

#DD4BB0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F9D

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

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