#51166A#51166A

#51166A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.141 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51166A
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 106)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(282, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 79.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.45, 40.74, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.45, 54.55, 318.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.1% 0.0971 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(34.1% 0.141 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2813, 3.3640, 13.9513)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51166A #2F6A16

analogous

#27166A #51166A #6A1659

triadic

#51166A #6A5116 #166A51

tetradic

#51166A #6A2716 #2F6A16 #16596A

square

#51166A #6A2716 #2F6A16 #16596A

split-complementary

#51166A #596A16 #166A27

monochromatic

#130519 #2A0B37 #51166A #78219D #9E2BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#51166A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#51166A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51166A

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51166A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51166A	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51166a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.141 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a95',
    500: '#51166a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51166a;
$custom-light: #855a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51166a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.143,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34101,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51166A

secondary

#59A03B

accent

#E93F72

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51166A

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

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