#51185A#51185A

#51185A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.123 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51185A
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 90)
HSL	hsl(292, 58%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(292, 73%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 73.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.60, 36.40, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.60, 45.37, 323.35°)
OKLab	oklab(33.13% 0.0965 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(33.13% 0.123 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5652, 3.1411, 9.9840)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51185A #215A18

analogous

#30185A #51185A #5A1842

triadic

#51185A #5A5118 #185A51

tetradic

#51185A #5A3018 #215A18 #18425A

square

#51185A #5A3018 #215A18 #18425A

split-complementary

#51185A #425A18 #185A30

monochromatic

#160618 #260B2A #51185A #7C258A #A832BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#51185A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#51185A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51185A

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51185A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51185A	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51185a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.123 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a89',
    500: '#51185a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51185a;
$custom-light: #845a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51185a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.818,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33132,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51185A

secondary

#49913D

accent

#E1475C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #51185A

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

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