#51175D#51175D

#51175D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.127 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51175D
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 93)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 75.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.65, 37.47, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.65, 47.39, 322.26°)
OKLab	oklab(33.23% 0.0975 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(33.23% 0.127 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6753, 3.1527, 10.6634)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51175D #235D17

analogous

#2E175D #51175D #5D1746

triadic

#51175D #5D5117 #175D51

tetradic

#51175D #5D2E17 #235D17 #17465D

square

#51175D #5D2E17 #235D17 #17465D

split-complementary

#51175D #465D17 #175D2E

monochromatic

#150619 #260B2C #51175D #7C238E #A62FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#51175D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#51175D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51175D

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51175D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51175D	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E345B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51175d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.127 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a8b',
    500: '#51175d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51175d;
$custom-light: #855a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51175d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.714,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33229,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51175D

secondary

#4B943C

accent

#E34460

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51175D

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

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