#512EA7#512EA7

#512EA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.181 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512EA7
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.62, 45.21, -59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.62, 74.68, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0606 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.181 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3434, 6.4928, 37.2073)
Luminance	0.0649 (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

#512EA7 #84A72E

analogous

#2E48A7 #512EA7 #8E2EA7

triadic

#512EA7 #A7512E #2EA751

tetradic

#512EA7 #A72E48 #84A72E #2EA78E

square

#512EA7 #A72E48 #84A72E #2EA78E

split-complementary

#512EA7 #A78E2E #48A72E

monochromatic

#221447 #3A2177 #512EA7 #6D46CC #9376D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#512EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#512EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512EA7

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512EA7	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.181 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ac2',
    500: '#512ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ea7;
$custom-light: #8a6ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.355,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42191,
    "c": 0.18112,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512EA7

secondary

#AAC170

accent

#E048B4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512EA7

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

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