#51117F#51117F

#51117F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.167 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51117F
RGB	rgb(81, 17, 127)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 86.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.59, 47.38, -47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.59, 67.37, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0958 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.167 305)
XYZ	xyz(7.4237, 3.6826, 20.3943)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51117F #3F7F11

analogous

#1A117F #51117F #7F1176

triadic

#51117F #7F5111 #117F51

tetradic

#51117F #7F1A11 #3F7F11 #11767F

square

#51117F #7F1A11 #3F7F11 #11767F

split-complementary

#51117F #767F11 #117F1A

monochromatic

#11041B #2F0A49 #51117F #7318B5 #9428E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#51117F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#51117F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51117F

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51117F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51117F	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51117f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 17, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.167 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875aa5',
    500: '#51117f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51117f;
$custom-light: #875aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51117f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.909,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35454,
    "c": 0.16683,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51117F

secondary

#6CB537

accent

#F33584

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51117F

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

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