#51167C#51167C

#51167C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.159 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51167C
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 124)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 82.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 44.93, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 63.90, 314.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0929 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.159 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3175, 3.7784, 19.4087)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51167C #417C16

analogous

#1E167C #51167C #7C1674

triadic

#51167C #7C5116 #167C51

tetradic

#51167C #7C1E16 #417C16 #16747C

square

#51167C #7C1E16 #417C16 #16747C

split-complementary

#51167C #747C16 #167C1E

monochromatic

#11051A #2F0D48 #51167C #731FB0 #9332DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#51167C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#51167C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51167C

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51167C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51167C	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51167c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.159 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ba3',
    500: '#51167c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51167c;
$custom-light: #875ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51167c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.706,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35602,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51167C

secondary

#6EB13D

accent

#ED3B86

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51167C

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

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