#51118E#51118E

#51118E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.181 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51118E
RGB	rgb(81, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 50.92, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 74.95, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.0903 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.181 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4750, 4.1031, 25.9314)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51118E #4E8E11

analogous

#12118E #51118E #8E118C

triadic

#51118E #8E5111 #118E51

tetradic

#51118E #8E1211 #4E8E11 #118C8E

square

#51118E #8E1211 #4E8E11 #118C8E

split-complementary

#51118E #8C8E11 #118E12

monochromatic

#130421 #320A57 #51118E #7018C5 #8F33E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#51118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#51118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51118E

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51118E	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.181 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895bb0',
    500: '#51118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51118e;
$custom-light: #895bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.72,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36863,
    "c": 0.18149,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51118E

secondary

#7CC238

accent

#F53392

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #51118E

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

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