#512EA8#512EA8

#512EA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.182 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512EA8
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 168)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 72.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 45.50, -59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 75.22, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.0603 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.182 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4362, 6.5300, 37.6960)
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

#512EA8 #85A82E

analogous

#2E48A8 #512EA8 #8E2EA8

triadic

#512EA8 #A8512E #2EA851

tetradic

#512EA8 #A82E48 #85A82E #2EA88E

square

#512EA8 #A82E48 #85A82E #2EA88E

split-complementary

#512EA8 #A88E2E #48A82E

monochromatic

#231448 #3A2178 #512EA8 #6D47CD #9377DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#512EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#512EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512EA8

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512EA8	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)

#004BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.182 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ac3',
    500: '#512ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ea8;
$custom-light: #8b6ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.213,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42281,
    "c": 0.18231,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512EA8

secondary

#AAC270

accent

#E048B4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512EA8

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

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