#51155F#51155F

#51155F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.131 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51155F
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 95)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(289, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 77.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.49, 38.74, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.49, 49.36, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(33.16% 0.0996 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(33.16% 0.131 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7268, 3.1122, 11.1233)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51155F #235F15

analogous

#2C155F #51155F #5F1548

triadic

#51155F #5F5115 #155F51

tetradic

#51155F #5F2C15 #235F15 #15485F

square

#51155F #5F2C15 #235F15 #15485F

split-complementary

#51155F #485F15 #155F2C

monochromatic

#150619 #260A2D #51155F #7C2091 #A62BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#51155F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#51155F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51155F

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51155F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51155F	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A335D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51155f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.131 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85598d',
    500: '#51155f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51155f;
$custom-light: #85598d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51155f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.649,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33161,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51155F

secondary

#4B963A

accent

#E74160

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51155F

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

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