#512FA1#512FA1

#512FA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.173 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512FA1
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 161)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, 42.95, -56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 70.86, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.0609 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.173 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8410, 6.3551, 34.3668)
Luminance	0.0636 (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

#512FA1 #7FA12F

analogous

#2F46A1 #512FA1 #8A2FA1

triadic

#512FA1 #A1512F #2FA151

tetradic

#512FA1 #A12F46 #7FA12F #2FA18A

square

#512FA1 #A12F46 #7FA12F #2FA18A

split-complementary

#512FA1 #A18A2F #46A12F

monochromatic

#211342 #392172 #512FA1 #6C45C9 #9174D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#512FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#512FA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512FA1

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512FA1	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.173 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6abe',
    500: '#512fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512fa1;
$custom-light: #8a6abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.895,
    "s": 54.808,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41793,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512FA1

secondary

#A6BE6E

accent

#DE4AB2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512FA1

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

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