#51186E#51186E

#51186E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.143 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51186E
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 40.83, -37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 55.70, 317.14°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0943 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.143 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5339, 3.5286, 15.0857)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51186E #356E18

analogous

#26186E #51186E #6E1860

triadic

#51186E #6E5118 #186E51

tetradic

#51186E #6E2618 #356E18 #18606E

square

#51186E #6E2618 #356E18 #18606E

split-complementary

#51186E #606E18 #186E26

monochromatic

#120519 #2C0D3C #51186E #7623A0 #9B2FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#51186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#51186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51186E

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51186E	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08366C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.143 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b98',
    500: '#51186e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51186e;
$custom-light: #855b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.767,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34624,
    "c": 0.14283,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51186E

secondary

#60A43E

accent

#E74179

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51186E

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

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