#512CA2#512CA2

#512CA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.177 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512CA2
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 72.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 44.82, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 73.11, 307.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.0634 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.177 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8138, 6.1589, 34.7944)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.44

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512CA2 #7DA22C

analogous

#2C42A2 #512CA2 #8C2CA2

triadic

#512CA2 #A2512C #2CA251

tetradic

#512CA2 #A22C42 #7DA22C #2CA28C

square

#512CA2 #A22C42 #7DA22C #2CA28C

split-complementary

#512CA2 #A28C2C #42A22C

monochromatic

#211242 #391F72 #512CA2 #6C40CB #9170D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#512CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#512CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512CA2

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512CA2	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.177 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69bf',
    500: '#512ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ca2;
$custom-light: #8a69bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.814,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41478,
    "c": 0.17747,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512CA2

secondary

#A5BF6A

accent

#E147B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512CA2

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

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