#512EB5#512EB5

#512EB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.198 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512EB5
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 181)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 74.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 49.23, -65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 82.12, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.0573 -0.1891)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.198 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7083, 7.0388, 44.3961)
Luminance	0.0704 (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

#512EB5 #92B52E

analogous

#2E4EB5 #512EB5 #952EB5

triadic

#512EB5 #B5512E #2EB551

tetradic

#512EB5 #B52E4E #92B52E #2EB595

square

#512EB5 #B52E4E #92B52E #2EB595

split-complementary

#512EB5 #B5952E #4EB52E

monochromatic

#251553 #3B2284 #512EB5 #704ED2 #987FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#512EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#512EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512EB5

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512EB5	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.198 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6bcc',
    500: '#512eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512eb5;
$custom-light: #8d6bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43479,
    "c": 0.19761,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512EB5

secondary

#B3C778

accent

#E345BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512EB5

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

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