#51166F#51166F

#51166F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.146 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51166F
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 111)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 80.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 41.88, -38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 57.14, 317.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.0961 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.146 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5489, 3.4710, 15.3608)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51166F #346F16

analogous

#24166F #51166F #6F1660

triadic

#51166F #6F5116 #166F51

tetradic

#51166F #6F2416 #346F16 #16606F

square

#51166F #6F2416 #346F16 #16606F

split-complementary

#51166F #606F16 #166F24

monochromatic

#13051A #2C0C3C #51166F #7620A2 #9B2BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#51166F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#51166F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51166F

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51166F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51166F	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03356D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51166f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.146 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865b99',
    500: '#51166f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51166f;
$custom-light: #865b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51166f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.775,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34502,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51166F

secondary

#5FA53C

accent

#EA3E78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51166F

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

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