#512FA8#512FA8

#512FA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.181 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512FA8
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 168)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 72%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.90, 44.97, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.90, 74.66, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.0595 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.181 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4757, 6.6090, 37.7092)
Luminance	0.0661 (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

#512FA8 #86A82F

analogous

#2F49A8 #512FA8 #8E2FA8

triadic

#512FA8 #A8512F #2FA851

tetradic

#512FA8 #A82F49 #86A82F #2FA88E

square

#512FA8 #A82F49 #86A82F #2FA88E

split-complementary

#512FA8 #A88E2F #49A82F

monochromatic

#231448 #3A2278 #512FA8 #6D48CC #9378D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#512FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#512FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512FA8

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512FA8	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.181 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6bc3',
    500: '#512fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512fa8;
$custom-light: #8b6bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.86,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42414,
    "c": 0.18117,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512FA8

secondary

#ABC171

accent

#E048B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512FA8

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

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