#51168D#51168D

#51168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.177 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51168D
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 49.04, -53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 72.66, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.0875 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.177 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4867, 4.2461, 25.5666)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51168D #528D16

analogous

#16178D #51168D #8D168D

triadic

#51168D #8D5116 #168D51

tetradic

#51168D #8D1617 #528D16 #168D8D

square

#51168D #8D1617 #528D16 #168D8D

split-complementary

#51168D #8D8D16 #178D16

monochromatic

#140523 #330E58 #51168D #6F1EC2 #8E3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#51168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#51168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51168D

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51168D	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.177 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895caf',
    500: '#51168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51168d;
$custom-light: #895caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.748,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3715,
    "c": 0.17662,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51168D

secondary

#80C13E

accent

#F03895

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51168D

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

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