#51185C#51185C

#51185C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.125 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51185C
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 92)
HSL	hsl(290, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 73.9%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.73, 36.82, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.73, 46.38, 322.55°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% 0.0964 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.125 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6515, 3.1756, 10.4384)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51185C #235C18

analogous

#2F185C #51185C #5C1845

triadic

#51185C #5C5118 #185C51

tetradic

#51185C #5C2F18 #235C18 #18455C

square

#51185C #5C2F18 #235C18 #18455C

split-complementary

#51185C #455C18 #185C2F

monochromatic

#150618 #260B2B #51185C #7C258D #A631BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#51185C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#51185C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51185C

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51185C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51185C	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F345A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51185c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.125 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b8a',
    500: '#51185c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51185c;
$custom-light: #845b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51185c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.294,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33271,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51185C

secondary

#4B933D

accent

#E2465F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51185C

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

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