#512EA4#512EA4

#512EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.178 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512EA4
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 72%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.36, 44.35, -58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.36, 73.06, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.0612 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.178 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0693, 6.3832, 35.7636)
Luminance	0.0638 (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

#512EA4 #81A42E

analogous

#2E46A4 #512EA4 #8C2EA4

triadic

#512EA4 #A4512E #2EA451

tetradic

#512EA4 #A42E46 #81A42E #2EA48C

square

#512EA4 #A42E46 #81A42E #2EA48C

split-complementary

#512EA4 #A48C2E #46A42E

monochromatic

#221344 #392174 #512EA4 #6C45CB #9274D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#512EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#512EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512EA4

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512EA4	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.178 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ac0',
    500: '#512ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ea4;
$custom-light: #8a6ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.797,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41922,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512EA4

secondary

#A8C06E

accent

#DF48B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512EA4

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

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