#51196A#51196A

#51196A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.137 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51196A
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(281, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 39.47, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 53.12, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0939 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.137 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3420, 3.4854, 13.9715)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51196A #326A19

analogous

#28196A #51196A #6A195A

triadic

#51196A #6A5119 #196A51

tetradic

#51196A #6A2819 #326A19 #195A6A

square

#51196A #6A2819 #326A19 #195A6A

split-complementary

#51196A #5A6A19 #196A28

monochromatic

#130619 #2B0D38 #51196A #77259C #9D30CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#51196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#51196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51196A

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51196A	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.137 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c95',
    500: '#51196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51196a;
$custom-light: #855c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.481,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34416,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51196A

secondary

#5DA03F

accent

#E54375

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51196A

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

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