#51155A#51155A

#51155A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.127 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51155A
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 90)
HSL	hsl(292, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(292, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 76.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.14, 37.70, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.14, 46.85, 323.58°)
OKLab	oklab(32.8% 0.1 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(32.8% 0.127 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5068, 3.0242, 9.9645)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51155A #1E5A15

analogous

#2F155A #51155A #5A1541

triadic

#51155A #5A5115 #155A51

tetradic

#51155A #5A2F15 #1E5A15 #15415A

square

#51155A #5A2F15 #1E5A15 #15415A

split-complementary

#51155A #415A15 #155A2F

monochromatic

#160619 #240928 #51155A #7E218C #AA2CBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.09

#51155A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#51155A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51155A

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51155A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51155A	1.00	13.09	1.60	13.09
#FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51155a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.127 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855989',
    500: '#51155a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51155a;
$custom-light: #855989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51155a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32803,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51155A

secondary

#459239

accent

#E54358

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #51155A

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

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