#51186F#51186F

#51186F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.144 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51186F
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 111)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 78.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 41.06, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 56.23, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(34.7% 0.0941 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(34.7% 0.144 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5887, 3.5505, 15.3741)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51186F #366F18

analogous

#26186F #51186F #6F1862

triadic

#51186F #6F5118 #186F51

tetradic

#51186F #6F2618 #366F18 #18626F

square

#51186F #6F2618 #366F18 #18626F

split-complementary

#51186F #626F18 #186F26

monochromatic

#120519 #2C0D3D #51186F #7623A1 #9A2FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#51186F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#51186F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51186F

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51186F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51186F	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06366D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51186f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.144 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865c99',
    500: '#51186f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51186f;
$custom-light: #865c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51186f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34704,
    "c": 0.14386,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51186F

secondary

#62A53E

accent

#E7407A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51186F

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

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