#512CA9#512CA9

#512CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.186 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512CA9
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.44, 46.81, -60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.44, 76.85, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.0618 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.186 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4534, 6.4148, 38.1631)
Luminance	0.0641 (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

#512CA9 #84A92C

analogous

#2C46A9 #512CA9 #902CA9

triadic

#512CA9 #A9512C #2CA951

tetradic

#512CA9 #A92C46 #84A92C #2CA990

square

#512CA9 #A92C46 #84A92C #2CA990

split-complementary

#512CA9 #A9902C #46A92C

monochromatic

#221348 #3A1F78 #512CA9 #6D44CE #9374DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#512CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#512CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512CA9

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512CA9	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.186 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69c4',
    500: '#512ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ca9;
$custom-light: #8b69c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.76,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42113,
    "c": 0.18571,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512CA9

secondary

#AAC36E

accent

#E246B4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512CA9

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

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