#51196C#51196C

#51196C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.140 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51196C
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(280, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.04, 39.93, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.04, 54.17, 317.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.57% 0.0936 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(34.57% 0.14 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4472, 3.5275, 14.5257)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51196C #346C19

analogous

#27196C #51196C #6C195D

triadic

#51196C #6C5119 #196C51

tetradic

#51196C #6C2719 #346C19 #195D6C

square

#51196C #6C2719 #346C19 #195D6C

split-complementary

#51196C #5D6C19 #196C27

monochromatic

#130619 #2C0D3A #51196C #76259E #9B30CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#51196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#51196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51196C

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51196C	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)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E366A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.140 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c97',
    500: '#51196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51196c;
$custom-light: #855c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.482,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34572,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51196C

secondary

#5FA13F

accent

#E54277

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51196C

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

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