#51185D#51185D

#51185D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.126 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51185D
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 93)
HSL	hsl(290, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.80, 37.03, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.80, 46.89, 322.17°)
OKLab	oklab(33.34% 0.0964 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(33.34% 0.126 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6955, 3.1932, 10.6701)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51185D #245D18

analogous

#2E185D #51185D #5D1846

triadic

#51185D #5D5118 #185D51

tetradic

#51185D #5D2E18 #245D18 #18465D

square

#51185D #5D2E18 #245D18 #18465D

split-complementary

#51185D #465D18 #185D2E

monochromatic

#150618 #270B2C #51185D #7B258E #A631BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#51185D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#51185D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51185D

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51185D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51185D	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E345B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51185d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.126 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b8b',
    500: '#51185d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51185d;
$custom-light: #845b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51185d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.565,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33341,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51185D

secondary

#4C933D

accent

#E24661

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51185D

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

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