#512CA7#512CA7

#512CA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.183 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512CA7
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 167)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 73.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 46.24, -60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 75.79, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.0623 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.183 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2671, 6.3402, 37.1818)
Luminance	0.0634 (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

#512CA7 #82A72C

analogous

#2C45A7 #512CA7 #8F2CA7

triadic

#512CA7 #A7512C #2CA751

tetradic

#512CA7 #A72C45 #82A72C #2CA78F

square

#512CA7 #A72C45 #82A72C #2CA78F

split-complementary

#512CA7 #A78F2C #45A72C

monochromatic

#221246 #3A1F77 #512CA7 #6C43CD #9273DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#512CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#512CA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512CA7

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512CA7	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.183 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69c2',
    500: '#512ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ca7;
$custom-light: #8b69c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.049,
    "s": 58.294,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4193,
    "c": 0.18337,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512CA7

secondary

#A8C26D

accent

#E246B3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512CA7

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

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