#51158D#51158D

#51158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.177 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51158D
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 49.39, -53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 73.04, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% 0.0882 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.177 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4680, 4.2086, 25.5603)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51158D #518D15

analogous

#15158D #51158D #8D158D

triadic

#51158D #8D5115 #158D51

tetradic

#51158D #8D1515 #518D15 #158D8D

square

#51158D #8D1515 #518D15 #158D8D

split-complementary

#51158D #8D8D15 #158D15

monochromatic

#140522 #320D58 #51158D #701DC2 #8E3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#51158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#51158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51158D

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51158D	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.177 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895caf',
    500: '#51158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51158d;
$custom-light: #895caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37067,
    "c": 0.17746,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51158D

secondary

#7FC13D

accent

#F13794

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #51158D

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

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