#51185E#51185E

#51185E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.127 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51185E
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 94)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 74.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.87, 37.25, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.87, 47.40, 321.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.41% 0.0963 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(33.41% 0.127 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7401, 3.2110, 10.9049)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51185E #255E18

analogous

#2E185E #51185E #5E1848

triadic

#51185E #5E5118 #185E51

tetradic

#51185E #5E2E18 #255E18 #18485E

square

#51185E #5E2E18 #255E18 #18485E

split-complementary

#51185E #485E18 #185E2E

monochromatic

#150618 #270C2D #51185E #7B248F #A531C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#51185E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#51185E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51185E

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51185E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51185E	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D345C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51185e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.127 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b8c',
    500: '#51185e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51185e;
$custom-light: #845b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51185e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33412,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51185E

secondary

#4E943D

accent

#E34562

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51185E

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

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