#512AA2#512AA2

#512AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.180 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512AA2
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 45.84, -58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 74.20, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% 0.0652 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.18 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7410, 6.0135, 34.7702)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.70

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512AA2 #7BA22A

analogous

#2A3FA2 #512AA2 #8D2AA2

triadic

#512AA2 #A2512A #2AA251

tetradic

#512AA2 #A22A3F #7BA22A #2AA28D

square

#512AA2 #A22A3F #7BA22A #2AA28D

split-complementary

#512AA2 #A28D2A #3FA22A

monochromatic

#201141 #391D71 #512AA2 #6B3DCD #906DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#512AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#512AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512AA2

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512AA2	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)

#0047A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.180 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67bf',
    500: '#512aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512aa2;
$custom-light: #8a67bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41221,
    "c": 0.17972,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512AA2

secondary

#A3C068

accent

#E246AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512AA2

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

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