#51148E#51148E

#51148E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.179 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51148E
RGB	rgb(81, 20, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 85.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.33, 49.98, -54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.33, 73.92, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0885 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.179 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5247, 4.2025, 25.9480)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51148E #518E14

analogous

#14148E #51148E #8E148E

triadic

#51148E #8E5114 #148E51

tetradic

#51148E #8E1414 #518E14 #148E8E

square

#51148E #8E1414 #518E14 #148E8E

split-complementary

#51148E #8E8E14 #148E14

monochromatic

#140523 #320C58 #51148E #701CC4 #8E39E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#51148E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#51148E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51148E

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51148E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51148E	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51148e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 20, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.179 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895cb0',
    500: '#51148e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51148e;
$custom-light: #895cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51148e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37083,
    "c": 0.17926,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51148E

secondary

#7FC23C

accent

#F23694

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #51148E

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

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