#512CA4#512CA4

#512CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.180 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512CA4
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, 45.39, -58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 74.18, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.063 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.18 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9929, 6.2306, 35.7382)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512CA4 #7FA42C

analogous

#2C43A4 #512CA4 #8D2CA4

triadic

#512CA4 #A4512C #2CA451

tetradic

#512CA4 #A42C43 #7FA42C #2CA48D

square

#512CA4 #A42C43 #7FA42C #2CA48D

split-complementary

#512CA4 #A48D2C #43A42C

monochromatic

#211243 #391F74 #512CA4 #6C41CC #9171D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#512CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#512CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512CA4

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512CA4	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.180 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69c0',
    500: '#512ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ca4;
$custom-light: #8a69c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41658,
    "c": 0.17983,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512CA4

secondary

#A6C06B

accent

#E147B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512CA4

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

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