#512FA2#512FA2

#512FA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.174 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512FA2
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 162)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 71%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 43.24, -56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 71.41, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.0607 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.174 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9296, 6.3906, 34.8330)
Luminance	0.0639 (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

#512FA2 #80A22F

analogous

#2F46A2 #512FA2 #8A2FA2

triadic

#512FA2 #A2512F #2FA251

tetradic

#512FA2 #A22F46 #80A22F #2FA28A

square

#512FA2 #A22F46 #80A22F #2FA28A

split-complementary

#512FA2 #A28A2F #46A22F

monochromatic

#221343 #392173 #512FA2 #6C45C9 #9275D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#512FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#512FA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512FA2

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512FA2	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.174 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6abe',
    500: '#512fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512fa2;
$custom-light: #8a6abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.739,
    "s": 55.024,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41881,
    "c": 0.17395,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512FA2

secondary

#A7BF6E

accent

#DE49B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512FA2

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

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