#51187A#51187A

#51187A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.155 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51187A
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 122)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 80.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.03, 43.66, -44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.03, 61.99, 314.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0917 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.155 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2321, 3.8078, 18.7626)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51187A #417A18

analogous

#20187A #51187A #7A1872

triadic

#51187A #7A5118 #187A51

tetradic

#51187A #7A2018 #417A18 #18727A

square

#51187A #7A2018 #417A18 #18727A

split-complementary

#51187A #727A18 #187A20

monochromatic

#11051A #2F0E47 #51187A #7322AD #9335D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#51187A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#51187A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51187A

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51187A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51187A	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51187a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.155 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca1',
    500: '#51187a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51187a;
$custom-light: #865ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51187a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.898,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35619,
    "c": 0.15522,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51187A

secondary

#6EAF3F

accent

#EA3E86

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51187A

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

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