#51196D#51196D

#51196D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.141 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51196D
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.12, 40.17, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.12, 54.70, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0935 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.141 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5008, 3.5489, 14.8076)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51196D #356D19

analogous

#27196D #51196D #6D195F

triadic

#51196D #6D5119 #196D51

tetradic

#51196D #6D2719 #356D19 #195F6D

square

#51196D #6D2719 #356D19 #195F6D

split-complementary

#51196D #5F6D19 #196D27

monochromatic

#120619 #2C0E3B #51196D #76249F #9B31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#51196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#51196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51196D

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C366B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.141 311.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34651,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51196D

secondary

#60A23F

accent

#E64279

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51196D

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

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