#512AA9#512AA9

#512AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.188 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512AA9
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.08, 47.81, -61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.08, 77.92, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.0635 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.188 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3807, 6.2693, 38.1389)
Luminance	0.0627 (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

#512AA9 #82A92A

analogous

#2A43A9 #512AA9 #912AA9

triadic

#512AA9 #A9512A #2AA951

tetradic

#512AA9 #A92A43 #82A92A #2AA991

square

#512AA9 #A92A43 #82A92A #2AA991

split-complementary

#512AA9 #A9912A #43A92A

monochromatic

#221247 #3A1E78 #512AA9 #6C41D0 #9272DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#512AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#512AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512AA9

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512AA9	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.188 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68c4',
    500: '#512aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512aa9;
$custom-light: #8b68c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.425,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41864,
    "c": 0.18785,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512AA9

secondary

#A8C36C

accent

#E344B3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512AA9

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

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