#51148C#51148C

#51148C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.177 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51148C
RGB	rgb(81, 20, 140)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 85.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 49.49, -53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 72.90, 312.75°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.0892 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.177 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3759, 4.1430, 25.1643)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51148C #4F8C14

analogous

#15148C #51148C #8C148B

triadic

#51148C #8C5114 #148C51

tetradic

#51148C #8C1514 #4F8C14 #148B8C

square

#51148C #8C1514 #4F8C14 #148B8C

split-complementary

#51148C #8B8C14 #148C15

monochromatic

#130521 #320C56 #51148C #701CC2 #8F38E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#51148C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#51148C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51148C

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51148C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51148C	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51148c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 20, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.177 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895caf',
    500: '#51148c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51148c;
$custom-light: #895caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51148c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36893,
    "c": 0.17726,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51148C

secondary

#7DC03C

accent

#F23692

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51148C

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

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