#51156E#51156E

#51156E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.146 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51156E
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.62, 42.05, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.62, 57.06, 317.46°)
OKLab	oklab(34.32% 0.0973 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(34.32% 0.146 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4754, 3.4116, 15.0662)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51156E #326E15

analogous

#24156E #51156E #6E155E

triadic

#51156E #6E5115 #156E51

tetradic

#51156E #6E2415 #326E15 #155E6E

square

#51156E #6E2415 #326E15 #155E6E

split-complementary

#51156E #5E6E15 #156E24

monochromatic

#13051A #2B0B3B #51156E #771FA1 #9D29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#51156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#51156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51156E

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51156E	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.146 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865a98',
    500: '#51156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51156e;
$custom-light: #865a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.449,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34324,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51156E

secondary

#5DA43A

accent

#EB3D76

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51156E

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

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