#512CAC#512CAC

#512CAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.189 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512CAC
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 172)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 47.66, -62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 78.44, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.0611 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.189 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7382, 6.5287, 39.6634)
Luminance	0.0653 (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

#512CAC #87AC2C

analogous

#2C47AC #512CAC #912CAC

triadic

#512CAC #AC512C #2CAC51

tetradic

#512CAC #AC2C47 #87AC2C #2CAC91

square

#512CAC #AC2C47 #87AC2C #2CAC91

split-complementary

#512CAC #AC912C #47AC2C

monochromatic

#23134B #3A207B #512CAC #6E46D0 #9476DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#512CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#512CAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512CAC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512CAC	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.189 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69c6',
    500: '#512cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512cac;
$custom-light: #8b69c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.344,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42389,
    "c": 0.18922,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512CAC

secondary

#ACC470

accent

#E245B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512CAC

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

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