#512BA8#512BA8

#512BA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.186 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512BA8
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 168)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 47.03, -60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 76.86, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.0629 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.186 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3231, 6.3037, 37.6583)
Luminance	0.0630 (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

#512BA8 #82A82B

analogous

#2B44A8 #512BA8 #902BA8

triadic

#512BA8 #A8512B #2BA851

tetradic

#512BA8 #A82B44 #82A82B #2BA890

square

#512BA8 #A82B44 #82A82B #2BA890

split-complementary

#512BA8 #A8902B #44A82B

monochromatic

#221247 #3A1F77 #512BA8 #6C42CF #9272DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#512BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#512BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512BA8

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512BA8	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)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.186 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68c3',
    500: '#512ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ba8;
$custom-light: #8b68c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.24,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41895,
    "c": 0.18563,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512BA8

secondary

#A8C26C

accent

#E245B3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512BA8

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

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