#51168F#51168F

#51168F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.179 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51168F
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 143)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 84.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.66, 49.54, -54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.66, 73.68, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0868 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.179 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6369, 4.3062, 26.3574)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51168F #548F16

analogous

#16188F #51168F #8D168F

triadic

#51168F #8F5116 #168F51

tetradic

#51168F #8F1618 #548F16 #168F8D

square

#51168F #8F1618 #548F16 #168F8D

split-complementary

#51168F #8F8D16 #188F16

monochromatic

#150625 #330E5A #51168F #6F1EC4 #8E3EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#51168F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#51168F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51168F

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51168F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51168F	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51168f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.179 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895db1',
    500: '#51168f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51168f;
$custom-light: #895db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51168f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.256,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37339,
    "c": 0.17865,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51168F

secondary

#82C13F

accent

#F03896

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #51168F

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

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