#51147C#51147C

#51147C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.161 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51147C
RGB	rgb(81, 20, 124)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 83.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 45.66, -45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 64.72, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0945 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.161 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2808, 3.7049, 19.3964)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51147C #3F7C14

analogous

#1D147C #51147C #7C1473

triadic

#51147C #7C5114 #147C51

tetradic

#51147C #7C1D14 #3F7C14 #14737C

square

#51147C #7C1D14 #3F7C14 #14737C

split-complementary

#51147C #737C14 #147C1D

monochromatic

#11041A #2F0B47 #51147C #731DB1 #942DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#51147C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#51147C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51147C

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51147C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51147C	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	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: #51147c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 20, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.161 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ba3',
    500: '#51147c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51147c;
$custom-light: #875ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51147c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.192,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35425,
    "c": 0.16126,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51147C

secondary

#6CB23A

accent

#EF3984

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51147C

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

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