#512EA9#512EA9

#512EA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.183 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512EA9
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.80, 45.78, -60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.80, 75.75, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.0601 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.183 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5297, 6.5674, 38.1885)
Luminance	0.0657 (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

#512EA9 #86A92E

analogous

#2E49A9 #512EA9 #8E2EA9

triadic

#512EA9 #A9512E #2EA951

tetradic

#512EA9 #A92E49 #86A92E #2EA98E

square

#512EA9 #A92E49 #86A92E #2EA98E

split-complementary

#512EA9 #A98E2E #49A92E

monochromatic

#231449 #3A2179 #512EA9 #6D47CD #9377DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#512EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#512EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512EA9

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512EA9	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.183 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ac4',
    500: '#512ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ea9;
$custom-light: #8b6ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.073,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42371,
    "c": 0.18349,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512EA9

secondary

#ABC271

accent

#E047B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512EA9

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

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