#51117D#51117D

#51117D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.165 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51117D
RGB	rgb(81, 17, 125)
HSL	hsl(276, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 86.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 46.91, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 66.35, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0964 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.165 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2946, 3.6310, 19.7146)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51117D #3D7D11

analogous

#1B117D #51117D #7D1173

triadic

#51117D #7D5111 #117D51

tetradic

#51117D #7D1B11 #3D7D11 #11737D

square

#51117D #7D1B11 #3D7D11 #11737D

split-complementary

#51117D #737D11 #117D1B

monochromatic

#11041B #2E0A47 #51117D #7418B3 #9527E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#51117D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#51117D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51117D

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51117D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51117D	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51117d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 17, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.165 305.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51117d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 76.056,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35273,
    "c": 0.16488,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51117D

secondary

#69B337

accent

#F33582

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51117D

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

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