#512CA3#512CA3

#512CA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.179 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512CA3
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 163)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 73%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 45.11, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 73.64, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(41.57% 0.0632 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(41.57% 0.179 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9030, 6.1946, 35.2644)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.32

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512CA3 #7EA32C

analogous

#2C43A3 #512CA3 #8C2CA3

triadic

#512CA3 #A3512C #2CA351

tetradic

#512CA3 #A32C43 #7EA32C #2CA38C

square

#512CA3 #A32C43 #7EA32C #2CA38C

split-complementary

#512CA3 #A38C2C #43A32C

monochromatic

#211243 #391F73 #512CA3 #6C41CC #9171D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#512CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#512CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512CA3

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512CA3	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.179 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69bf',
    500: '#512ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ca3;
$custom-light: #8a69bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.655,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41568,
    "c": 0.17865,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512CA3

secondary

#A5C06B

accent

#E147B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512CA3

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

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