#51167A#51167A

#51167A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.157 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51167A
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 122)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 82%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 44.45, -44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 62.86, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0935 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.157 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1923, 3.7284, 18.7493)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51167A #3F7A16

analogous

#1F167A #51167A #7A1671

triadic

#51167A #7A5116 #167A51

tetradic

#51167A #7A1F16 #3F7A16 #16717A

square

#51167A #7A1F16 #3F7A16 #16717A

split-complementary

#51167A #717A16 #167A1F

monochromatic

#11051A #2F0D46 #51167A #731FAE #9431DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#51167A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#51167A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51167A

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51167A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51167A	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51167a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.157 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ba1',
    500: '#51167a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51167a;
$custom-light: #875ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51167a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35428,
    "c": 0.1573,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51167A

secondary

#6CAF3D

accent

#EC3C84

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51167A

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

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