#512EC6#512EC6

#512EC6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.217 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512EC6
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 198)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 76.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 54.09, -73.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 90.92, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.11% 0.0528 -0.2106)
OKLCH	oklch(45.11% 0.217 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5602, 7.7796, 54.1495)
Luminance	0.0778 (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

#512EC6 #A3C62E

analogous

#2E57C6 #512EC6 #9D2EC6

triadic

#512EC6 #C6512E #2EC651

tetradic

#512EC6 #C62E57 #A3C62E #2EC69D

square

#512EC6 #C62E57 #A3C62E #2EC69D

split-complementary

#512EC6 #C69D2E #57C62E

monochromatic

#281763 #3D2294 #512EC6 #7659D8 #9F8AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#512EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#512EC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512EC6

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512EC6	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#015A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.217 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bd9',
    500: '#512ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ec6;
$custom-light: #8f6bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.816,
    "s": 62.295,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45109,
    "c": 0.21713,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512EC6

secondary

#BCCE82

accent

#E542C0

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #512EC6

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

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