#512CA6#512CA6

#512CA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.182 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512CA6
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 166)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 45.96, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 75.25, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.84% 0.0625 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(41.84% 0.182 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1750, 6.3034, 36.6969)
Luminance	0.0630 (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

#512CA6 #81A62C

analogous

#2C44A6 #512CA6 #8E2CA6

triadic

#512CA6 #A6512C #2CA651

tetradic

#512CA6 #A62C44 #81A62C #2CA68E

square

#512CA6 #A62C44 #81A62C #2CA68E

split-complementary

#512CA6 #A68E2C #44A62C

monochromatic

#221245 #391F76 #512CA6 #6C42CD #9273DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#512CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#512CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512CA6

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512CA6	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.182 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69c1',
    500: '#512ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ca6;
$custom-light: #8a69c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.197,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41839,
    "c": 0.18219,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512CA6

secondary

#A8C16D

accent

#E146B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512CA6

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

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