#51148D#51148D

#51148D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.178 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51148D
RGB	rgb(81, 20, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 85.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 49.73, -54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 73.41, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0889 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.178 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4500, 4.1726, 25.5543)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51148D #508D14

analogous

#15148D #51148D #8D148D

triadic

#51148D #8D5114 #148D51

tetradic

#51148D #8D1514 #508D14 #148D8D

square

#51148D #8D1514 #508D14 #148D8D

split-complementary

#51148D #8D8D14 #148D15

monochromatic

#130522 #320C57 #51148D #701CC3 #8E39E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#51148D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#51148D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51148D

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51148D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51148D	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51148d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 20, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.178 299.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51148d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.248,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36988,
    "c": 0.17825,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51148D

secondary

#7EC13C

accent

#F23693

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #51148D

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

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