#512AA8#512AA8

#512AA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.187 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512AA8
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, 47.53, -61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 77.39, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.0638 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.187 290)
XYZ	xyz(11.2871, 6.2319, 37.6463)
Luminance	0.0623 (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

#512AA8 #81A82A

analogous

#2A42A8 #512AA8 #902AA8

triadic

#512AA8 #A8512A #2AA851

tetradic

#512AA8 #A82A42 #81A82A #2AA890

square

#512AA8 #A82A42 #81A82A #2AA890

split-complementary

#512AA8 #A8902A #42A82A

monochromatic

#221246 #391E77 #512AA8 #6C40CF #9271DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#512AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#512AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512AA8

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512AA8	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.187 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68c3',
    500: '#512aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512aa8;
$custom-light: #8b68c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41771,
    "c": 0.1867,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.06232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512AA8

secondary

#A8C36B

accent

#E345B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512AA8

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

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