#512EA6#512EA6

#512EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.180 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512EA6
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, 44.92, -58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 74.14, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.0608 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.18 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2513, 6.4560, 36.7223)
Luminance	0.0646 (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

#512EA6 #83A62E

analogous

#2E47A6 #512EA6 #8D2EA6

triadic

#512EA6 #A6512E #2EA651

tetradic

#512EA6 #A62E47 #83A62E #2EA68D

square

#512EA6 #A62E47 #83A62E #2EA68D

split-complementary

#512EA6 #A68D2E #47A62E

monochromatic

#221346 #3A2176 #512EA6 #6D46CC #9276D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#512EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#512EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512EA6

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512EA6	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.180 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ac1',
    500: '#512ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ea6;
$custom-light: #8a6ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42101,
    "c": 0.17993,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512EA6

secondary

#A9C16F

accent

#E048B4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512EA6

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

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