#251561#251561

#251561 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.125 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#251561
RGB	rgb(37, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(253, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.36, 30.40, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.36, 51.97, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(27.51% 0.0307 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(27.51% 0.125 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1881, 1.7925, 11.4849)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#251561 #516115

analogous

#152B61 #251561 #4B1561

triadic

#251561 #612515 #156125

tetradic

#251561 #61152B #516115 #15614B

square

#251561 #61152B #516115 #15614B

split-complementary

#251561 #614B15 #2B6115

monochromatic

#0A0519 #120A2F #251561 #382093 #4B2BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.46

#251561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#251561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #251561

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##251561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##251561	1.00	15.46	1.36	15.46
#FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#042A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #251561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.125 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68548f',
    500: '#251561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #251561;
$custom-light: #68548f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#251561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27511,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#251561

secondary

#84983A

accent

#E740C4

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE8F0

border

#C6C4CB

text

#07030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #251561

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

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