#51196E#51196E

#51196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.142 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51196E
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 40.40, -37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 55.22, 317.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.0933 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.142 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5549, 3.5705, 15.0927)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51196E #366E19

analogous

#26196E #51196E #6E1961

triadic

#51196E #6E5119 #196E51

tetradic

#51196E #6E2619 #366E19 #19616E

square

#51196E #6E2619 #366E19 #19616E

split-complementary

#51196E #616E19 #196E26

monochromatic

#120619 #2C0E3C #51196E #7624A0 #9A31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#51196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#51196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51196E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51196E	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A366C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.142 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c98',
    500: '#51196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51196e;
$custom-light: #855c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.529,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3473,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51196E

secondary

#62A33F

accent

#E6427A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51196E

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

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