#51165D#51165D

#51165D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.128 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51165D
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.49, 37.90, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.49, 47.88, 322.34°)
OKLab	oklab(33.12% 0.0987 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(33.12% 0.128 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6558, 3.1138, 10.6569)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51165D #225D16

analogous

#2D165D #51165D #5D1646

triadic

#51165D #5D5116 #165D51

tetradic

#51165D #5D2D16 #225D16 #16465D

square

#51165D #5D2D16 #225D16 #16465D

split-complementary

#51165D #465D16 #165D2D

monochromatic

#160619 #260A2C #51165D #7C228E #A72DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#51165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#51165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51165D

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51165D	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D335B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.128 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a8b',
    500: '#51165d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51165d;
$custom-light: #855a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.859,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33121,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51165D

secondary

#4A943B

accent

#E5435E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51165D

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

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