#51156C#51156C

#51156C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.144 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51156C
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.46, 41.59, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.46, 56.03, 317.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.16% 0.0977 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(34.16% 0.144 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3678, 3.3686, 14.4992)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51156C #306C15

analogous

#25156C #51156C #6C155C

triadic

#51156C #6C5115 #156C51

tetradic

#51156C #6C2515 #306C15 #155C6C

square

#51156C #6C2515 #306C15 #155C6C

split-complementary

#51156C #5C6C15 #156C25

monochromatic

#13051A #2B0B39 #51156C #771F9F #9E29D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#51156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#51156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51156C

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51156C	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08356A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.144 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a97',
    500: '#51156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51156c;
$custom-light: #855a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34162,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51156C

secondary

#5BA33A

accent

#EA3D73

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51156C

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

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