#512FB5#512FB5

#512FB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.197 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512FB5
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 181)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 74%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 48.72, -65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 81.58, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% 0.0565 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.197 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7479, 7.1179, 44.4093)
Luminance	0.0712 (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

#512FB5 #93B52F

analogous

#2F50B5 #512FB5 #942FB5

triadic

#512FB5 #B5512F #2FB551

tetradic

#512FB5 #B52F50 #93B52F #2FB594

square

#512FB5 #B52F50 #93B52F #2FB594

split-complementary

#512FB5 #B5942F #50B52F

monochromatic

#261654 #3B2284 #512FB5 #7150D1 #9880DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#512FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#512FB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512FB5

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512FB5	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.197 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6bcc',
    500: '#512fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512fb5;
$custom-light: #8d6bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.224,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43605,
    "c": 0.19657,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512FB5

secondary

#B3C779

accent

#E246BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512FB5

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

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