#51116C#51116C

#51116C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.148 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51116C
RGB	rgb(81, 17, 108)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(282, 84%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 84.3%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.95, 43.07, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.95, 57.68, 318.30°)
OKLab	oklab(33.8% 0.1013 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(33.8% 0.148 313)
XYZ	xyz(6.3001, 3.2331, 14.4766)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51116C #2C6C11

analogous

#24116C #51116C #6C115A

triadic

#51116C #6C5111 #116C51

tetradic

#51116C #6C2411 #2C6C11 #115A6C

square

#51116C #6C2411 #2C6C11 #115A6C

split-complementary

#51116C #5A6C11 #116C24

monochromatic

#14041A #290937 #51116C #7919A1 #A022D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#51116C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#51116C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51116C

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51116C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51116C	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03346A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51116c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 17, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.148 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865897',
    500: '#51116c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51116c;
$custom-light: #865897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51116c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.198,
    "s": 72.8,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33804,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.03233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51116C

secondary

#56A435

accent

#EF386F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51116C

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

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