#512FA7#512FA7

#512FA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.180 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512FA7
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 167)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 71.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 44.68, -59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 74.12, 307.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.0597 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.18 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3829, 6.5719, 37.2204)
Luminance	0.0657 (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

#512FA7 #85A72F

analogous

#2F49A7 #512FA7 #8D2FA7

triadic

#512FA7 #A7512F #2FA751

tetradic

#512FA7 #A72F49 #85A72F #2FA78D

square

#512FA7 #A72F49 #85A72F #2FA78D

split-complementary

#512FA7 #A78D2F #49A72F

monochromatic

#231447 #3A2277 #512FA7 #6D48CB #9378D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#512FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#512FA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512FA7

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512FA7	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.180 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6bc2',
    500: '#512fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512fa7;
$custom-light: #8a6bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42324,
    "c": 0.17998,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512FA7

secondary

#AAC171

accent

#DF48B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512FA7

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

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