#51148F#51148F

#51148F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.180 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51148F
RGB	rgb(81, 20, 143)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 86%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.43, 50.22, -54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.43, 74.42, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0881 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.18 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6002, 4.2327, 26.3452)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51148F #528F14

analogous

#14158F #51148F #8F148F

triadic

#51148F #8F5114 #148F51

tetradic

#51148F #8F1415 #528F14 #148F8F

square

#51148F #8F1415 #528F14 #148F8F

split-complementary

#51148F #8F8F14 #158F14

monochromatic

#140524 #330C59 #51148F #6F1CC5 #8E3AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#51148F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#51148F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51148F

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51148F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51148F	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51148f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 20, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.180 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895cb1',
    500: '#51148f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51148f;
$custom-light: #895cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51148f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.756,
    "s": 75.46,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37179,
    "c": 0.18026,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51148F

secondary

#80C33C

accent

#F23695

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #51148F

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

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