#51136B#51136B

#51136B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.145 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51136B
RGB	rgb(81, 19, 107)
HSL	hsl(282, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(282, 82%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 82.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.12, 42.13, -37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.12, 56.37, 318.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.89% 0.0997 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(33.89% 0.145 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2796, 3.2768, 14.2088)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51136B #2D6B13

analogous

#25136B #51136B #6B1359

triadic

#51136B #6B5113 #136B51

tetradic

#51136B #6B2513 #2D6B13 #13596B

square

#51136B #6B2513 #2D6B13 #13596B

split-complementary

#51136B #596B13 #136B25

monochromatic

#14051A #2A0A37 #51136B #781C9F #A025D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#51136B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#51136B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51136B

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51136B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51136B	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51136b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 19, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.145 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865996',
    500: '#51136b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51136b;
$custom-light: #865996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51136b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.273,
    "s": 69.841,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33895,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51136B

secondary

#57A238

accent

#ED3B70

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51136B

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

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