#51174D#51174D

#51174D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.112 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51174D
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 77)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 4.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.63, 34.25, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.63, 39.60, 329.89°)
OKLab	oklab(32.17% 0.0973 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(32.17% 0.112 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0393, 2.8983, 7.3138)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51174D #17511B

analogous

#381751 #51174D #511730

triadic

#51174D #4D5117 #174D51

tetradic

#51174D #513817 #17511B #173051

square

#51174D #513817 #17511B #173051

split-complementary

#51174D #305117 #175138

monochromatic

#180717 #210920 #51174D #81257A #B032A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.29

#51174D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#51174D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51174D

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51174D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51174D	1.00	13.29	1.58	13.29
#FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27324B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#541D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51174d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.112 330.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51174d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.138,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32173,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51174D

secondary

#3C8841

accent

#DF5349

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #51174D

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

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