#51196B#51196B

#51196B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.139 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51196B
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(281, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 39.70, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 53.64, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.0938 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.139 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3943, 3.5063, 14.2470)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51196B #336B19

analogous

#28196B #51196B #6B195C

triadic

#51196B #6B5119 #196B51

tetradic

#51196B #6B2819 #336B19 #195C6B

square

#51196B #6B2819 #336B19 #195C6B

split-complementary

#51196B #5C6B19 #196B28

monochromatic

#130619 #2B0D39 #51196B #77259D #9C30CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#51196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#51196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51196B

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51196B	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.139 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c96',
    500: '#51196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51196b;
$custom-light: #855c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.976,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34494,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51196B

secondary

#5EA13F

accent

#E54376

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51196B

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

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