#51175F#51175F

#51175F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.129 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51175F
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(288, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.78, 37.90, -30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.78, 48.41, 321.53°)
OKLab	oklab(33.37% 0.0974 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(33.37% 0.129 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7650, 3.1886, 11.1361)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51175F #255F17

analogous

#2D175F #51175F #5F1749

triadic

#51175F #5F5117 #175F51

tetradic

#51175F #5F2D17 #255F17 #17495F

square

#51175F #5F2D17 #255F17 #17495F

split-complementary

#51175F #495F17 #175F2D

monochromatic

#150619 #270B2E #51175F #7B2390 #A52FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#51175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#51175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51175F

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51175F	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C345D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.129 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a8d',
    500: '#51175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51175f;
$custom-light: #855a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33373,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51175F

secondary

#4E963C

accent

#E44463

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51175F

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

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