#512AAE#512AAE

#512AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.194 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512AAE
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 174)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 75.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 49.22, -63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 80.55, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.0622 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.194 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8590, 6.4607, 40.6584)
Luminance	0.0646 (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

#512AAE #87AE2A

analogous

#2A45AE #512AAE #932AAE

triadic

#512AAE #AE512A #2AAE51

tetradic

#512AAE #AE2A45 #87AE2A #2AAE93

square

#512AAE #AE2A45 #87AE2A #2AAE93

split-complementary

#512AAE #AE932A #45AE2A

monochromatic

#23124B #3A1E7D #512AAE #6D43D2 #9475DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#512AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#512AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512AAE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512AAE	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.194 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68c7',
    500: '#512aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512aae;
$custom-light: #8c68c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42331,
    "c": 0.19362,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512AAE

secondary

#ACC56F

accent

#E444B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512AAE

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

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