#51165F#51165F

#51165F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.130 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51165F
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 95)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(288, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.63, 38.33, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.63, 48.89, 321.62°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% 0.0985 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.13 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7455, 3.1496, 11.1296)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51165F #245F16

analogous

#2C165F #51165F #5F1648

triadic

#51165F #5F5116 #165F51

tetradic

#51165F #5F2C16 #245F16 #16485F

square

#51165F #5F2C16 #245F16 #16485F

split-complementary

#51165F #485F16 #165F2C

monochromatic

#150619 #270A2D #51165F #7B2291 #A62DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.89

#51165F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#51165F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51165F

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51165F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51165F	1.00	12.89	1.63	12.89
#FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B345D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51165f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.130 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a8d',
    500: '#51165f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51165f;
$custom-light: #855a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51165f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.493,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33265,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51165F

secondary

#4C963B

accent

#E54262

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51165F

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

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