#512BA0#512BA0

#512BA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.176 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512BA0
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 160)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 73.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 44.77, -57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 72.58, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.0648 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.176 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6006, 6.0148, 33.8533)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512BA0 #7AA02B

analogous

#2B40A0 #512BA0 #8B2BA0

triadic

#512BA0 #A0512B #2BA051

tetradic

#512BA0 #A02B40 #7AA02B #2BA08B

square

#512BA0 #A02B40 #7AA02B #2BA08B

split-complementary

#512BA0 #A08B2B #40A02B

monochromatic

#201140 #391E70 #512BA0 #6B3DCB #906ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#512BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#512BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512BA0

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512BA0	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.176 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68bd',
    500: '#512ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ba0;
$custom-light: #8a68bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.487,
    "s": 57.635,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41168,
    "c": 0.17624,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512BA0

secondary

#A3BF68

accent

#E147AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512BA0

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

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