#51176C#51176C

#51176C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.142 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51176C
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 40.79, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 55.13, 317.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.36% 0.0957 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(34.36% 0.142 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4060, 3.4450, 14.5120)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51176C #326C17

analogous

#26176C #51176C #6C175C

triadic

#51176C #6C5117 #176C51

tetradic

#51176C #6C2617 #326C17 #175C6C

square

#51176C #6C2617 #326C17 #175C6C

split-complementary

#51176C #5C6C17 #176C26

monochromatic

#130519 #2B0C3A #51176C #77229E #9D2CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#51176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#51176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51176C

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51176C	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B356A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.142 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b97',
    500: '#51176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51176c;
$custom-light: #855b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.941,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3436,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51176C

secondary

#5DA23D

accent

#E84075

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51176C

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

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