#51128F#51128F

#51128F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.182 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51128F
RGB	rgb(81, 18, 143)
HSL	hsl(270, 78%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 87.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 50.86, -55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 75.12, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0894 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.182 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5663, 4.1650, 26.3339)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51128F #508F12

analogous

#13128F #51128F #8F128F

triadic

#51128F #8F5112 #128F51

tetradic

#51128F #8F1312 #508F12 #128F8F

square

#51128F #8F1312 #508F12 #128F8F

split-complementary

#51128F #8F8F12 #128F13

monochromatic

#130422 #320B59 #51128F #7019C5 #8E36E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#51128F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#51128F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51128F

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51128F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51128F	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51128f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 18, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.182 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895bb1',
    500: '#51128f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51128f;
$custom-light: #895bb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51128f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.24,
    "s": 77.64,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3703,
    "c": 0.18176,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51128F

secondary

#7EC33A

accent

#F43493

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #51128F

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

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