#51177A#51177A

#51177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.156 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51177A
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.89, 44.06, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.89, 62.43, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0926 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.156 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2118, 3.7673, 18.7558)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51177A #407A17

analogous

#20177A #51177A #7A1771

triadic

#51177A #7A5117 #177A51

tetradic

#51177A #7A2017 #407A17 #17717A

square

#51177A #7A2017 #407A17 #17717A

split-complementary

#51177A #717A17 #177A20

monochromatic

#11051A #2F0D47 #51177A #7321AD #9433D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#51177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#51177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51177A

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51177A	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.156 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca1',
    500: '#51177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51177a;
$custom-light: #865ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.152,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35522,
    "c": 0.15627,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51177A

secondary

#6DAF3E

accent

#EB3D85

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51177A

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

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