#51174C#51174C

#51174C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.111 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51174C
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 76)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 6.2%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.57, 34.06, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.57, 39.14, 330.50°)
OKLab	oklab(32.11% 0.0972 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(32.11% 0.111 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0042, 2.8843, 7.1292)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51174C #17511C

analogous

#391751 #51174C #51172F

triadic

#51174C #4C5117 #174C51

tetradic

#51174C #513917 #17511C #172F51

square

#51174C #513917 #17511C #172F51

split-complementary

#51174C #2F5117 #175139

monochromatic

#180716 #21091F #51174C #812579 #B032A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#51174C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#51174C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51174C

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51174C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51174C	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28324B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#541D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51174c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.111 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84597e',
    500: '#51174c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51174c;
$custom-light: #84597e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51174c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.172,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32112,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51174C

secondary

#3C8842

accent

#DF5649

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #51174C

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

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