#51176E#51176E

#51176E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.144 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51176E
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 41.25, -38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 56.17, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.52% 0.0953 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(34.52% 0.144 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5137, 3.4881, 15.0790)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51176E #346E17

analogous

#25176E #51176E #6E175F

triadic

#51176E #6E5117 #176E51

tetradic

#51176E #6E2517 #346E17 #175F6E

square

#51176E #6E2517 #346E17 #175F6E

split-complementary

#51176E #5F6E17 #176E25

monochromatic

#130519 #2C0C3B #51176E #7622A1 #9B2CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#51176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#51176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51176E

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51176E	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.144 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b98',
    500: '#51176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51176e;
$custom-light: #855b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34521,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51176E

secondary

#5FA43D

accent

#E83F78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51176E

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

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