#51165E#51165E

#51165E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.129 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51165E
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(289, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.56, 38.11, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.56, 48.38, 321.98°)
OKLab	oklab(33.19% 0.0986 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(33.19% 0.129 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7004, 3.1316, 10.8917)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51165E #235E16

analogous

#2D165E #51165E #5E1647

triadic

#51165E #5E5116 #165E51

tetradic

#51165E #5E2D16 #235E16 #16475E

square

#51165E #5E2D16 #235E16 #16475E

split-complementary

#51165E #475E16 #165E2D

monochromatic

#150619 #260A2C #51165E #7C2290 #A62DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#51165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#51165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51165E

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51165E	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C345C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.129 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a8c',
    500: '#51165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51165e;
$custom-light: #855a8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33193,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51165E

secondary

#4B953B

accent

#E54360

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51165E

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

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