#51168C#51168C

#51168C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.176 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51168C
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 140)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 48.80, -53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 72.15, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0879 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.176 300)
XYZ	xyz(8.4127, 4.2165, 25.1765)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51168C #518C16

analogous

#16168C #51168C #8C168C

triadic

#51168C #8C5116 #168C51

tetradic

#51168C #8C1616 #518C16 #168C8C

square

#51168C #8C1616 #518C16 #168C8C

split-complementary

#51168C #8C8C16 #168C16

monochromatic

#140522 #320E57 #51168C #701EC1 #8E3CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#51168C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#51168C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51168C

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51168C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51168C	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51168c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.176 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885caf',
    500: '#51168c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51168c;
$custom-light: #885caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51168c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37056,
    "c": 0.1756,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51168C

secondary

#7FC03E

accent

#F03894

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51168C

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

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