#512FA9#512FA9

#512FA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.182 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512FA9
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 45.26, -60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 75.19, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.0592 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.182 289)
XYZ	xyz(11.5692, 6.6464, 38.2017)
Luminance	0.0665 (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

#512FA9 #87A92F

analogous

#2F4AA9 #512FA9 #8E2FA9

triadic

#512FA9 #A9512F #2FA951

tetradic

#512FA9 #A92F4A #87A92F #2FA98E

square

#512FA9 #A92F4A #87A92F #2FA98E

split-complementary

#512FA9 #A98E2F #4AA92F

monochromatic

#231449 #3A2279 #512FA9 #6D49CC #9479DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#512FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#512FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512FA9

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512FA9	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.182 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6bc4',
    500: '#512fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512fa9;
$custom-light: #8b6bc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.721,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42504,
    "c": 0.18237,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.06647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512FA9

secondary

#ACC272

accent

#E048B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512FA9

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

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