#51174B#51174B

#51174B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.110 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51174B
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 75)
HSL	hsl(306, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(306, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 7.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.52, 33.87, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.52, 38.69, 331.12°)
OKLab	oklab(32.05% 0.0971 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(32.05% 0.11 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9697, 2.8705, 6.9476)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51174B #17511D

analogous

#3A1751 #51174B #51172E

triadic

#51174B #4B5117 #174B51

tetradic

#51174B #513A17 #17511D #172E51

square

#51174B #513A17 #17511D #172E51

split-complementary

#51174B #2E5117 #17513A

monochromatic

#180716 #21091F #51174B #812577 #B032A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.34

#51174B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#51174B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51174B

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51174B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51174B	1.00	13.34	1.57	13.34
#FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#142A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28324A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51174b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.110 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84597d',
    500: '#51174b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51174b;
$custom-light: #84597d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51174b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.207,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32053,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51174B

secondary

#3C8844

accent

#DF5849

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #51174B

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

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