#51165B#51165B

#51165B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.126 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51165B
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.36, 37.48, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.36, 46.87, 323.10°)
OKLab	oklab(32.98% 0.0988 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(32.98% 0.126 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5684, 3.0788, 10.1965)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51165B #205B16

analogous

#2E165B #51165B #5B1643

triadic

#51165B #5B5116 #165B51

tetradic

#51165B #5B2E16 #205B16 #16435B

square

#51165B #5B2E16 #205B16 #16435B

split-complementary

#51165B #435B16 #165B2E

monochromatic

#160619 #250A2A #51165B #7D228C #A92EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#51165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#51165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51165B

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51165B	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.126 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a8a',
    500: '#51165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51165b;
$custom-light: #845a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.304,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32979,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51165B

secondary

#47923B

accent

#E4445B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #51165B

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

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