#51117C#51117C

#51117C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.164 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51117C
RGB	rgb(81, 17, 124)
HSL	hsl(276, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 86.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 46.68, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 65.84, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(35.18% 0.0968 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(35.18% 0.164 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2311, 3.6055, 19.3799)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51117C #3C7C11

analogous

#1B117C #51117C #7C1171

triadic

#51117C #7C5111 #117C51

tetradic

#51117C #7C1B11 #3C7C11 #11717C

square

#51117C #7C1B11 #3C7C11 #11717C

split-complementary

#51117C #717C11 #117C1B

monochromatic

#12041B #2E0A46 #51117C #7418B2 #9626E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#51117C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#51117C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51117C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51117C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51117C	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51117c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 17, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.164 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8759a3',
    500: '#51117c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51117c;
$custom-light: #8759a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51117c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.888,
    "s": 75.887,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35183,
    "c": 0.16391,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51117C

secondary

#68B237

accent

#F23581

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51117C

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

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