#51197A#51197A

#51197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.154 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51197A
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 43.25, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 61.54, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(35.72% 0.0908 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(35.72% 0.154 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2530, 3.8498, 18.7696)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51197A #427A19

analogous

#21197A #51197A #7A1973

triadic

#51197A #7A5119 #197A51

tetradic

#51197A #7A2119 #427A19 #19737A

square

#51197A #7A2119 #427A19 #19737A

split-complementary

#51197A #737A19 #197A21

monochromatic

#110519 #2F0F47 #51197A #7323AD #9337D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#51197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#51197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51197A

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51197A	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.154 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da1',
    500: '#51197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51197a;
$custom-light: #865da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.639,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3572,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51197A

secondary

#6FAF40

accent

#E93F87

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51197A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →