#51147E#51147E

#51147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.163 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51147E
RGB	rgb(81, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.85, 46.14, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.85, 65.75, 314.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0939 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.163 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4085, 3.7560, 20.0693)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51147E #417E14

analogous

#1C147E #51147E #7E1476

triadic

#51147E #7E5114 #147E51

tetradic

#51147E #7E1C14 #417E14 #14767E

square

#51147E #7E1C14 #417E14 #14767E

split-complementary

#51147E #767E14 #147E1C

monochromatic

#11041A #2F0C49 #51147E #731CB3 #932EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#51147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#51147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51147E

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51147E	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.163 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ba4',
    500: '#51147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51147e;
$custom-light: #875ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.528,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35603,
    "c": 0.16325,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51147E

secondary

#6EB33A

accent

#EF3886

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51147E

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

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