#51127E#51127E

#51127E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.165 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51127E
RGB	rgb(81, 18, 126)
HSL	hsl(275, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 85.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 46.82, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 66.50, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(35.44% 0.0954 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(35.44% 0.165 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3747, 3.6884, 20.0580)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51127E #3F7E12

analogous

#1B127E #51127E #7E1275

triadic

#51127E #7E5112 #127E51

tetradic

#51127E #7E1B12 #3F7E12 #12757E

square

#51127E #7E1B12 #3F7E12 #12757E

split-complementary

#51127E #757E12 #127E1B

monochromatic

#11041B #2F0A48 #51127E #731AB4 #942AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#51127E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#51127E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51127E

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51127E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51127E	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)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51127e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 18, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.165 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875aa4',
    500: '#51127e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51127e;
$custom-light: #875aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51127e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3544,
    "c": 0.16502,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51127E

secondary

#6CB438

accent

#F23684

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51127E

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

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