#51175E#51175E

#51175E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.128 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51175E
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.71, 37.69, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.71, 47.90, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.3% 0.0975 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(33.3% 0.128 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7199, 3.1706, 10.8982)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51175E #245E17

analogous

#2D175E #51175E #5E1747

triadic

#51175E #5E5117 #175E51

tetradic

#51175E #5E2D17 #245E17 #17475E

square

#51175E #5E2D17 #245E17 #17475E

split-complementary

#51175E #475E17 #175E2D

monochromatic

#150619 #270B2D #51175E #7B238F #A62FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#51175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#51175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51175E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51175E	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D345C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.128 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a8c',
    500: '#51175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51175e;
$custom-light: #855a8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.014,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33301,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51175E

secondary

#4C953C

accent

#E44461

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51175E

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

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