#512FA4#512FA4

#512FA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.176 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512FA4
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 164)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 43.82, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 72.49, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.0603 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.176 290)
XYZ	xyz(11.1088, 6.4622, 35.7768)
Luminance	0.0646 (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

#512FA4 #82A42F

analogous

#2F48A4 #512FA4 #8C2FA4

triadic

#512FA4 #A4512F #2FA451

tetradic

#512FA4 #A42F48 #82A42F #2FA48C

square

#512FA4 #A42F48 #82A42F #2FA48C

split-complementary

#512FA4 #A48C2F #48A42F

monochromatic

#221445 #3A2174 #512FA4 #6C46CA #9276D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#512FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#512FA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512FA4

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512FA4	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.176 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ac0',
    500: '#512fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512fa4;
$custom-light: #8a6ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.436,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42057,
    "c": 0.17637,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.06463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512FA4

secondary

#A8C06F

accent

#DF49B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512FA4

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

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