#512EA2#512EA2

#512EA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.175 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512EA2
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 162)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 71.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.19, 43.77, -57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.19, 71.98, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% 0.0616 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.175 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8901, 6.3115, 34.8199)
Luminance	0.0631 (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

#512EA2 #7FA22E

analogous

#2E45A2 #512EA2 #8B2EA2

triadic

#512EA2 #A2512E #2EA251

tetradic

#512EA2 #A22E45 #7FA22E #2EA28B

square

#512EA2 #A22E45 #7FA22E #2EA28B

split-complementary

#512EA2 #A28B2E #45A22E

monochromatic

#211343 #392072 #512EA2 #6C43CA #9173D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#512EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#512EA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512EA2

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512EA2	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.175 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6abe',
    500: '#512ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ea2;
$custom-light: #8a6abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.103,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41744,
    "c": 0.17513,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512EA2

secondary

#A6BF6D

accent

#DF49B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512EA2

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

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