#512AAA#512AAA

#512AAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.189 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512AAA
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 48.09, -61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 78.45, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.0632 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.189 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4749, 6.3070, 38.6352)
Luminance	0.0631 (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

#512AAA #83AA2A

analogous

#2A43AA #512AAA #912AAA

triadic

#512AAA #AA512A #2AAA51

tetradic

#512AAA #AA2A43 #83AA2A #2AAA91

square

#512AAA #AA2A43 #83AA2A #2AAA91

split-complementary

#512AAA #AA912A #43AA2A

monochromatic

#221248 #3A1E79 #512AAA #6D41D0 #9272DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#512AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#512AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512AAA

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512AAA	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.189 289.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.281,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41957,
    "c": 0.18901,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512AAA

secondary

#A9C36C

accent

#E444B3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512AAA

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

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