#512AA5#512AA5

#512AA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.183 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512AA5
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 165)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 74.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, 46.69, -59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 75.80, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% 0.0645 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.183 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0109, 6.1214, 36.1914)
Luminance	0.0612 (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

#512AA5 #7EA52A

analogous

#2A41A5 #512AA5 #8E2AA5

triadic

#512AA5 #A5512A #2AA551

tetradic

#512AA5 #A52A41 #7EA52A #2AA58E

square

#512AA5 #A52A41 #7EA52A #2AA58E

split-complementary

#512AA5 #A58E2A #41A52A

monochromatic

#211143 #391E74 #512AA5 #6C3ECE #916FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#512AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#512AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512AA5

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512AA5	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.183 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68c1',
    500: '#512aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512aa5;
$custom-light: #8a68c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.024,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41494,
    "c": 0.18322,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512AA5

secondary

#A5C169

accent

#E345B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512AA5

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

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