#512FA3#512FA3

#512FA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.175 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512FA3
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 163)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, 43.53, -57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 71.95, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.0605 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.175 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0188, 6.4263, 35.3030)
Luminance	0.0643 (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

#512FA3 #81A32F

analogous

#2F47A3 #512FA3 #8B2FA3

triadic

#512FA3 #A3512F #2FA351

tetradic

#512FA3 #A32F47 #81A32F #2FA38B

square

#512FA3 #A32F47 #81A32F #2FA38B

split-complementary

#512FA3 #A38B2F #47A32F

monochromatic

#221444 #392173 #512FA3 #6C46CA #9275D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#512FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#512FA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512FA3

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512FA3	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.175 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6abf',
    500: '#512fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512fa3;
$custom-light: #8a6abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.586,
    "s": 55.238,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41969,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512FA3

secondary

#A8BF6F

accent

#DF49B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512FA3

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

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