#512BAC#512BAC

#512BAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.190 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512BAC
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 172)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 75%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, 48.16, -62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 78.98, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.0619 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.19 289)
XYZ	xyz(11.7014, 6.4551, 39.6511)
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

#512BAC #86AC2B

analogous

#2B46AC #512BAC #912BAC

triadic

#512BAC #AC512B #2BAC51

tetradic

#512BAC #AC2B46 #86AC2B #2BAC91

square

#512BAC #AC2B46 #86AC2B #2BAC91

split-complementary

#512BAC #AC912B #46AC2B

monochromatic

#23134A #3A1F7B #512BAC #6D44D0 #9375DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#512BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#512BAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512BAC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512BAC	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.190 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68c6',
    500: '#512bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512bac;
$custom-light: #8b68c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.674,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42265,
    "c": 0.19027,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.06456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512BAC

secondary

#ABC46F

accent

#E345B4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512BAC

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

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