#512AA6#512AA6

#512AA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.184 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512AA6
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 166)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 46.97, -60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 76.33, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.0643 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.184 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1023, 6.1580, 36.6726)
Luminance	0.0616 (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

#512AA6 #7FA62A

analogous

#2A41A6 #512AA6 #8F2AA6

triadic

#512AA6 #A6512A #2AA651

tetradic

#512AA6 #A62A41 #7FA62A #2AA68F

square

#512AA6 #A62A41 #7FA62A #2AA68F

split-complementary

#512AA6 #A68F2A #41A62A

monochromatic

#211144 #391E75 #512AA6 #6C3FCE #9170DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#512AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#512AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512AA6

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512AA6	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.184 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68c1',
    500: '#512aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512aa6;
$custom-light: #8b68c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.871,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41586,
    "c": 0.18439,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512AA6

secondary

#A6C26A

accent

#E345B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512AA6

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

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