#51116E#51116E

#51116E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.150 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51116E
RGB	rgb(81, 17, 110)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 85%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 84.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.12, 43.51, -39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.12, 58.69, 317.84°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% 0.1008 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.15 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4077, 3.2762, 15.0437)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51116E #2E6E11

analogous

#22116E #51116E #6E115D

triadic

#51116E #6E5111 #116E51

tetradic

#51116E #6E2211 #2E6E11 #115D6E

square

#51116E #6E2211 #2E6E11 #115D6E

split-complementary

#51116E #5D6E11 #116E22

monochromatic

#14041B #2A0939 #51116E #7819A3 #9F21D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#51116E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#51116E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51116E

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51116E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51116E	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51116e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 17, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.150 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865898',
    500: '#51116e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51116e;
$custom-light: #865898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51116e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.29,
    "s": 73.228,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3397,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51116E

secondary

#58A535

accent

#F03871

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51116E

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

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