#51196F#51196F

#51196F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.143 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51196F
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 111)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 77.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.28, 40.63, -38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.28, 55.75, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0931 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.143 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6097, 3.5924, 15.3811)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51196F #376F19

analogous

#26196F #51196F #6F1962

triadic

#51196F #6F5119 #196F51

tetradic

#51196F #6F2619 #376F19 #19626F

square

#51196F #6F2619 #376F19 #19626F

split-complementary

#51196F #626F19 #196F26

monochromatic

#120619 #2D0E3D #51196F #7524A1 #9932D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#51196F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#51196F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51196F

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51196F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51196F	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08366D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51196f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.143 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c99',
    500: '#51196f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51196f;
$custom-light: #855c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51196f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.07,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3481,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51196F

secondary

#63A43F

accent

#E6427B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51196F

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

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