#51185F#51185F

#51185F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.128 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51185F
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 95)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(288, 75%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.94, 37.46, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.94, 47.91, 321.44°)
OKLab	oklab(33.48% 0.0962 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(33.48% 0.128 319)
XYZ	xyz(5.7853, 3.2291, 11.1428)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51185F #265F18

analogous

#2D185F #51185F #5F1849

triadic

#51185F #5F5118 #185F51

tetradic

#51185F #5F2D18 #265F18 #18495F

square

#51185F #5F2D18 #265F18 #18495F

split-complementary

#51185F #495F18 #185F2D

monochromatic

#150618 #270C2E #51185F #7B2490 #A431C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#51185F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#51185F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51185F

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51185F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51185F	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D345D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51185f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.128 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b8d',
    500: '#51185f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51185f;
$custom-light: #855b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51185f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.169,
    "s": 59.664,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33483,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.03229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51185F

secondary

#4F953D

accent

#E34564

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51185F

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

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