#251172#251172

#251172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.151 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#251172
RGB	rgb(37, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(252, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(252, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.53, 37.99, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.53, 63.90, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(28.9% 0.0282 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(28.9% 0.151 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.9997, 2.0088, 16.0933)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#251172 #5E7211

analogous

#112D72 #251172 #551172

triadic

#251172 #722511 #117225

tetradic

#251172 #72112D #5E7211 #117255

square

#251172 #72112D #5E7211 #117255

split-complementary

#251172 #725511 #2D7211

monochromatic

#09041B #14093D #251172 #3619A7 #4821DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.98

#251172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#251172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #251172

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##251172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##251172	1.00	14.98	1.40	14.98
#FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #251172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.151 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c539c',
    500: '#251172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #251172;
$custom-light: #6c539c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#251172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.371,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28902,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#251172

secondary

#91A936

accent

#F137CA

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#ECE7F2

border

#C7C3CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #251172

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

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