#512BAE#512BAE

#512BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.193 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512BAE
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 48.73, -63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 80.03, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.0614 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.193 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8950, 6.5325, 40.6703)
Luminance	0.0653 (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

#512BAE #88AE2B

analogous

#2B46AE #512BAE #932BAE

triadic

#512BAE #AE512B #2BAE51

tetradic

#512BAE #AE2B46 #88AE2B #2BAE93

square

#512BAE #AE2B46 #88AE2B #2BAE93

split-complementary

#512BAE #AE932B #46AE2B

monochromatic

#23134C #3A1F7D #512BAE #6E45D1 #9476DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#512BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#512BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512BAE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512BAE	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.193 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69c7',
    500: '#512bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512bae;
$custom-light: #8c69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.405,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42452,
    "c": 0.19259,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512BAE

secondary

#ACC570

accent

#E444B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512BAE

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

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