#51136E#51136E

#51136E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.148 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51136E
RGB	rgb(81, 19, 110)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 83%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 82.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.36, 42.80, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.36, 57.91, 317.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.14% 0.0991 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(34.14% 0.148 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4402, 3.3410, 15.0545)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51136E #306E13

analogous

#23136E #51136E #6E135D

triadic

#51136E #6E5113 #136E51

tetradic

#51136E #6E2313 #306E13 #135D6E

square

#51136E #6E2313 #306E13 #135D6E

split-complementary

#51136E #5D6E13 #136E23

monochromatic

#13051A #2B0A3A #51136E #771CA2 #9E25D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#51136E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#51136E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51136E

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51136E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51136E	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51136e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 19, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.148 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865998',
    500: '#51136e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51136e;
$custom-light: #865998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51136e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.879,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3414,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51136E

secondary

#5BA538

accent

#ED3A73

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51136E

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

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