#51137C#51137C

#51137C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.162 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51137C
RGB	rgb(81, 19, 124)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 84.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 46.02, -46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 65.10, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0953 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.162 306)
XYZ	xyz(7.2635, 3.6704, 19.3907)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51137C #3E7C13

analogous

#1D137C #51137C #7C1372

triadic

#51137C #7C5113 #137C51

tetradic

#51137C #7C1D13 #3E7C13 #13727C

square

#51137C #7C1D13 #3E7C13 #13727C

split-complementary

#51137C #727C13 #137C1D

monochromatic

#11041B #2E0B47 #51137C #741BB1 #952BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#51137C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#51137C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51137C

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51137C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51137C	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51137c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 19, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.162 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875aa3',
    500: '#51137c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51137c;
$custom-light: #875aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51137c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.429,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35342,
    "c": 0.16218,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.0367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51137C

secondary

#6AB239

accent

#F03883

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51137C

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

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