#512EB7#512EB7

#512EB7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.200 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512EB7
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 183)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 74.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 49.80, -66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 83.17, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% 0.0568 -0.1917)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.2 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9150, 7.1215, 45.4846)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 3.88

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512EB7 #94B72E

analogous

#2E50B7 #512EB7 #952EB7

triadic

#512EB7 #B7512E #2EB751

tetradic

#512EB7 #B72E50 #94B72E #2EB795

square

#512EB7 #B72E50 #94B72E #2EB795

split-complementary

#512EB7 #B7952E #50B72E

monochromatic

#261555 #3B2286 #512EB7 #714FD3 #9880DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#512EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#512EB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512EB7

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512EB7	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#235470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.200 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6bce',
    500: '#512eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512eb7;
$custom-light: #8d6bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.328,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43667,
    "c": 0.19993,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512EB7

secondary

#B4C879

accent

#E345BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512EB7

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

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