#51156F#51156F

#51156F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.147 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51156F
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.70, 42.27, -39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.70, 57.58, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(34.41% 0.097 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(34.41% 0.147 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5302, 3.4335, 15.3546)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51156F #336F15

analogous

#24156F #51156F #6F1560

triadic

#51156F #6F5115 #156F51

tetradic

#51156F #6F2415 #336F15 #15606F

square

#51156F #6F2415 #336F15 #15606F

split-complementary

#51156F #606F15 #156F24

monochromatic

#13051A #2B0B3C #51156F #771FA2 #9C28D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#51156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#51156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51156F

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51156F	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01356D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.147 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865a99',
    500: '#51156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51156f;
$custom-light: #865a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34406,
    "c": 0.14727,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51156F

secondary

#5EA53A

accent

#EB3D77

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51156F

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

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