#51126E#51126E

#51126E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.149 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51126E
RGB	rgb(81, 18, 110)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 83.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.24, 43.16, -39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.24, 58.31, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0999 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.149 312)
XYZ	xyz(6.4236, 3.3079, 15.0489)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51126E #2F6E12

analogous

#23126E #51126E #6E125D

triadic

#51126E #6E5112 #126E51

tetradic

#51126E #6E2312 #2F6E12 #125D6E

square

#51126E #6E2312 #2F6E12 #125D6E

split-complementary

#51126E #5D6E12 #126E23

monochromatic

#13041A #2A0939 #51126E #781BA3 #9E23D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#51126E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#51126E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51126E

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51126E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51126E	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	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: #51126e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 18, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.149 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865998',
    500: '#51126e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51126e;
$custom-light: #865998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51126e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.087,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34054,
    "c": 0.14941,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.03308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51126E

secondary

#59A537

accent

#EF3972

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51126E

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

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