#512FA6#512FA6

#512FA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.179 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512FA6
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 166)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 44.39, -58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 73.58, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.0599 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.179 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2908, 6.5350, 36.7355)
Luminance	0.0654 (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

#512FA6 #84A62F

analogous

#2F48A6 #512FA6 #8D2FA6

triadic

#512FA6 #A6512F #2FA651

tetradic

#512FA6 #A62F48 #84A62F #2FA68D

square

#512FA6 #A62F48 #84A62F #2FA68D

split-complementary

#512FA6 #A68D2F #48A62F

monochromatic

#221447 #3A2176 #512FA6 #6D47CB #9377D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#512FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#512FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512FA6

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512FA6	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.179 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6bc1',
    500: '#512fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512fa6;
$custom-light: #8a6bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42235,
    "c": 0.17877,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512FA6

secondary

#AAC170

accent

#DF49B4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512FA6

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

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