#51147A#51147A

#51147A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.159 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51147A
RGB	rgb(81, 20, 122)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 83.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 45.19, -44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 63.69, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.0951 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.159 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1556, 3.6549, 18.7371)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51147A #3D7A14

analogous

#1E147A #51147A #7A1470

triadic

#51147A #7A5114 #147A51

tetradic

#51147A #7A1E14 #3D7A14 #14707A

square

#51147A #7A1E14 #3D7A14 #14707A

split-complementary

#51147A #707A14 #147A1E

monochromatic

#11041A #2E0B45 #51147A #741DAF #952CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#51147A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#51147A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51147A

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51147A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51147A	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51147a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 20, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.159 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875aa1',
    500: '#51147a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51147a;
$custom-light: #875aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51147a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.882,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35249,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51147A

secondary

#69B03A

accent

#EF3982

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51147A

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

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