#512AA3#512AA3

#512AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.181 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512AA3
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 46.13, -58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 74.74, 308.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% 0.065 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.181 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8303, 6.0492, 35.2402)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512AA3 #7CA32A

analogous

#2A3FA3 #512AA3 #8D2AA3

triadic

#512AA3 #A3512A #2AA351

tetradic

#512AA3 #A32A3F #7CA32A #2AA38D

square

#512AA3 #A32A3F #7CA32A #2AA38D

split-complementary

#512AA3 #A38D2A #3FA32A

monochromatic

#211142 #391D72 #512AA3 #6C3DCD #916EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#512AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#512AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512AA3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512AA3	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.181 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67bf',
    500: '#512aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512aa3;
$custom-light: #8a67bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.339,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41312,
    "c": 0.18088,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512AA3

secondary

#A4C068

accent

#E246B0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512AA3

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

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