#51176A#51176A

#51176A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.140 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51176A
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(282, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 40.33, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 54.08, 318.22°)
OKLab	oklab(34.2% 0.096 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(34.2% 0.14 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3008, 3.4029, 13.9578)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51176A #306A17

analogous

#28176A #51176A #6A1759

triadic

#51176A #6A5117 #176A51

tetradic

#51176A #6A2817 #306A17 #17596A

square

#51176A #6A2817 #306A17 #17596A

split-complementary

#51176A #596A17 #176A28

monochromatic

#130519 #2B0C38 #51176A #77229C #9E2DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#51176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#51176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51176A

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51176A	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.140 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b95',
    500: '#51176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51176a;
$custom-light: #855b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.928,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34202,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51176A

secondary

#5BA03D

accent

#E74073

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51176A

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

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