#512FA5#512FA5

#512FA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.178 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512FA5
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 44.10, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 73.03, 307.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.0601 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.178 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1994, 6.4985, 36.2542)
Luminance	0.0650 (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

#512FA5 #83A52F

analogous

#2F48A5 #512FA5 #8C2FA5

triadic

#512FA5 #A5512F #2FA551

tetradic

#512FA5 #A52F48 #83A52F #2FA58C

square

#512FA5 #A52F48 #83A52F #2FA58C

split-complementary

#512FA5 #A58C2F #48A52F

monochromatic

#221446 #3A2175 #512FA5 #6D47CB #9276D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#512FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#512FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512FA5

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512FA5	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.178 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ac1',
    500: '#512fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512fa5;
$custom-light: #8a6ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.288,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42146,
    "c": 0.17757,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512FA5

secondary

#A9C070

accent

#DF49B4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512FA5

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

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