#51128C#51128C

#51128C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.179 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51128C
RGB	rgb(81, 18, 140)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 87%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 87.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 50.14, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 73.61, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0905 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.179 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3421, 4.0753, 25.1530)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51128C #4D8C12

analogous

#14128C #51128C #8C128A

triadic

#51128C #8C5112 #128C51

tetradic

#51128C #8C1412 #4D8C12 #128A8C

square

#51128C #8C1412 #4D8C12 #128A8C

split-complementary

#51128C #8A8C12 #128C14

monochromatic

#120420 #320B56 #51128C #7019C2 #8F34E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#51128C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#51128C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51128C

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51128C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51128C	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51128c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 18, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.179 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895baf',
    500: '#51128c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51128c;
$custom-light: #895baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51128c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.984,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36742,
    "c": 0.17879,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51128C

secondary

#7BC039

accent

#F43491

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51128C

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

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