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violet · cool

#712af5

a balanced, electric violet · cool · closest name: Blue Violet

Token name suggestion: Studio Thistle

RGB
113, 42, 245
HSL
261°, 91%, 56%
CMYK
54, 83, 0, 4
Luminance
0.1176

#712af5 is a balanced electric violet, 261° on the wheel and 72/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.27:1). As text it scores 6.27:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Blue Violet, nearest Tailwind family is violet.

hsl(261 91% 56%)rgb(113 42 245)Base step 500AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #712af5 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#712af5
Hue
261°
violet
Saturation
91%
electric
Lightness
56%
balanced
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
42%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1176
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
72/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
6.27:1
Closest name
Blue Violet
ΔE2000 4.2
Chroma
113.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.523
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
violet
500 · ΔE 11.4
Web-safe
#6633FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue261° of 360°
Saturation91%
Lightness56%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #712af5.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool72% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red30%
Green14%
Blue56%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#712af5
HEX (8-digit)#712af5ff
RGBrgb(113, 42, 245)
RGBArgba(113, 42, 245, 1)
HSLhsl(261, 91%, 56%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 83%, 96%)
HWBhwb(261 16% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(54%, 83%, 0%, 4%)
LABlab(40.8 71.6 -87.9)
LCHlch(40.8 113.3 309.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.523 0.268 289.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(24.11, 11.76, 87.37)
Decimal7416565
Display P3color(display-p3 0.443 0.165 0.961)
Web-safe#6633FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #712af5;
background-color: #712af5;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #712af5;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#712af5] bg-[#712af5]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #712af5;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.443, green: 0.165, blue: 0.961)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.443, green: 0.165, blue: 0.961, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#712AF5</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF712AF5)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF712AF5)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(245, 42, 113)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(113, 42, 245)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(113, 42, 245)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 113, 42, 245)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4431f, 0.1647f, 0.9608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{113,42,245}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #712af5 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #712af5 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2E067A, #DCD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #712af5 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F2FD;
  --brand-100: #ECE5FB;
  --brand-200: #D6C3F9;
  --brand-300: #B894FA;
  --brand-400: #945EF7;
  --brand-500: #712af5;
  --brand-600: #590BEA;
  --brand-700: #4A09C3;
  --brand-800: #3B079C;
  --brand-900: #2E0A70;
  --brand-950: #1D0646;
  --brand: #712af5;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F6F4FA;
  --brand-border: #CFC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #5B0BF0;
  --brand-pressed: #4E0ACE;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A1424;
    --brand-ink: #DCD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F2FD',
        100: '#ECE5FB',
        200: '#D6C3F9',
        300: '#B894FA',
        400: '#945EF7',
        500: '#712af5',
        600: '#590BEA',
        700: '#4A09C3',
        800: '#3B079C',
        900: '#2E0A70',
        950: '#1D0646',
        DEFAULT: '#712af5',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F2FD,
  '100': #ECE5FB,
  '200': #D6C3F9,
  '300': #B894FA,
  '400': #945EF7,
  '500': #712af5,
  '600': #590BEA,
  '700': #4A09C3,
  '800': #3B079C,
  '900': #2E0A70,
  '950': #1D0646,
);
$brand-base: #712af5;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F2FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECE5FB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D6C3F9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B894FA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#945EF7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#712af5", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#590BEA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4A09C3", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3B079C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2E0A70", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1D0646", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #712af5 · 6.27:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.27:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.35:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #712af5 as text scores 6.27:1 on white and 3.35:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EFE7FE at 5.23:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#712af5 · 6.27:1
AA on whitealready passes
#712af5
The quick fox
#6417F4 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−4% L
#6417F4
The quick fox
#8B51F7 · 4.62:1
AA on black+8% L
#8B51F7
The quick fox
#AC82F9 · 7.32:1
AAA on black+18% L
#AC82F9

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #712AF5 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#712af5 on white: 6.27:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#712af5 on black: 3.35:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #712af5 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #712af5.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.27:1AaAa
Slate 505.99:1AaAa
Slate 1005.72:1AaAa
Slate 2005.08:1AaAa
Slate 3004.22:1AaAa
Slate 4002.44:1AaAa
Slate 5001.32:1AaAa
Slate 6001.21:1AaAa
Slate 7001.65:1AaAa
Slate 8002.33:1AaAa
Slate 9002.85:1AaAa
Black3.35:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #0064FA
deuteranopia · #005BF1
tritanopia · #3A6A94

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #712af5 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F2FD
#ECE5FB
#D6C3F9
#B894FA
#945EF7
#712af5
#590BEA
#4A09C3
#3B079C
#2E0A70
#1D0646
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F6F2FDDarkest = 950 · #1D0646Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.067 289.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.107 289.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.161 289.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.209 289.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.246 289.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.268 289.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.268 289.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.252 289.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.225 289.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.187 289.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.147 289.1);
}

Colors that work with #712af5

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F6F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#CFC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#674B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#B3C606
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2E067A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFE7FE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A1424
Dark-mode background
Hover#5B0BF0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4E0ACE
Two steps down
Disabled#C4BBD4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7B35FF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
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Data
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How to use #712af5

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight44/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#AEF52A
Analogous left#2A49F5
Analogous right#D72AF5
Split-complement 1#F5D72A
Split-complement 2#49F52A
Triadic 1#F5712A
Triadic 2#2AF571
Tetradic#F52A49
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°261°

#712af5 sits at 261°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red44.3%
Green16.5%
Blue96.1%
R · 0–255
113
0x71
G · 0–255
42
0x2a
B · 0–255
245
0xf5

CMYK percentages

Cyan53.9%
Magenta82.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)3.9%

Total ink coverage is 141%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#712af5 text on a black background

contrast 3.35:1

Card sample

#712af5 text on a white background

contrast 6.27:1

Card sample

#712af5 on grey

5.72:1

#712af5 on its own surface

5.74:1

#712af5 on its dark surface

2.87:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #712af5;
Background color
Panel with #712af5 background
background-color: #712af5;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #712af5;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(113, 42, 245, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(113, 42, 245, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #712af5;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #712af5, #F52AF2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #712af5, #F52ABF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #712af5;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #712af5;
caret-color: #712af5;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #712af5;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFE7FE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #712af5;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#712af5 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #712af5 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(113, 42, 245, 0.5)
rgb(113 42 245 / 50%)
#712af580
hsl(261 91% 56% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #712af5 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#712af51a#F1EAFE
20%#712af533#E3D4FD
40%#712af566#C6AAFB
60%#712af599#AA7FF9
80%#712af5cc#8D55F7

Gradients from #712af5

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9865F8, #712af5 45%, #2E067A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #712af5, #F40DDD);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #712af5, #AEF52A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #AC82F9 0%, #712af5 45%, #2E067A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #5B7FF7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EB47F6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2E067A 0%, transparent 65%), #712af5;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #712af5

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#712af5 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.35:1 — lift it to #8B51F7 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#712af5, answered

What color is #712af5?

#712af5 is a balanced electric violet, closest to Blue Violet (ΔE2000 4.2). It sits at 261° on the hue wheel with 91% saturation and 56% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #712af5?

rgb(113, 42, 245) — 113 red, 42 green and 245 blue out of 255, or 44.3% / 16.5% / 96.1% by channel.

What is #712af5 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(261, 91%, 56%) and hsv(261, 83%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #712af5 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1176 and perceived brightness is 42%, so white text on it reaches 6.27:1.

Should I use black or white text on #712af5?

White. It scores 6.27:1 against #712af5, versus 3.35:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #712af5 accessible on a white background?

#712af5 on white scores 6.27:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #712af5?

#AEF52A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F5D72A and #49F52A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #712af5?

For interface work: #F6F4FA as the surface, #CFC0ED for borders, #674B9B for secondary text, #B3C606 as an accent and #2E067A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #2A49F5 and #D72AF5 stays calm, while #AEF52A is the loudest partner.

What is #712af5 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(54%, 83%, 0%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #712af5 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 72 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BC2AF5; nudged cooler, #282BF7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #712af5?

The violet family — its 500 step is #8b5cf6, ΔE2000 11.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #712af5 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #712af5 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#712af5] or text-[#712af5], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #712af5 with 50% opacity?

rgba(113, 42, 245, 0.5), or #712af580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B895FA; over black, #39157B.

Is #712af5 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #6633FF, ΔE2000 2.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #712af5 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #712af5?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9865F8, #712af5 45%, #2E067A). For more colour, a short hue run to #F40DDD keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #712af5 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #712af5 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.