#51186A#51186A

#51186A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.139 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51186A
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 106)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(282, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 77.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 39.91, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 53.61, 318.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.31% 0.095 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(34.31% 0.139 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3210, 3.4434, 13.9645)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51186A #316A18

analogous

#28186A #51186A #6A185A

triadic

#51186A #6A5118 #186A51

tetradic

#51186A #6A2818 #316A18 #185A6A

square

#51186A #6A2818 #316A18 #185A6A

split-complementary

#51186A #5A6A18 #186A28

monochromatic

#130619 #2B0D38 #51186A #77239C #9D2FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#51186A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#51186A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51186A

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51186A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51186A	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51186a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.139 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b95',
    500: '#51186a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51186a;
$custom-light: #855b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51186a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.707,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34308,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51186A

secondary

#5CA03E

accent

#E64274

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51186A

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

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