#51156A#51156A

#51156A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.142 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51156A
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(282, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.31, 41.14, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.31, 55.00, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.098 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.142 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2626, 3.3265, 13.9451)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51156A #2E6A15

analogous

#27156A #51156A #6A1559

triadic

#51156A #6A5115 #156A51

tetradic

#51156A #6A2715 #2E6A15 #15596A

square

#51156A #6A2715 #2E6A15 #15596A

split-complementary

#51156A #596A15 #156A27

monochromatic

#14051A #2A0B37 #51156A #781F9D #9F29D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#51156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#51156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51156A

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51156A	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.142 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a95',
    500: '#51156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51156a;
$custom-light: #855a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34002,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51156A

secondary

#58A13A

accent

#EA3E71

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51156A

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

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