#51175A#51175A

#51175A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.124 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51175A
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(292, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(292, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.44, 36.84, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.44, 45.88, 323.43°)
OKLab	oklab(33.02% 0.0977 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(33.02% 0.124 322)
XYZ	xyz(5.5450, 3.1006, 9.9773)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51175A #205A17

analogous

#2F175A #51175A #5A1742

triadic

#51175A #5A5117 #175A51

tetradic

#51175A #5A2F17 #205A17 #17425A

square

#51175A #5A2F17 #205A17 #17425A

split-complementary

#51175A #425A17 #175A2F

monochromatic

#160618 #250B29 #51175A #7D238B #A930BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#51175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#51175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51175A

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51175A	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.124 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a89',
    500: '#51175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51175a;
$custom-light: #845a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.94,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33019,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51175A

secondary

#47913C

accent

#E2455A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #51175A

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

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