#51197F#51197F

#51197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.159 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51197F
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 44.46, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 64.16, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.15% 0.0895 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(36.15% 0.159 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5708, 3.9769, 20.4433)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.29

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51197F #477F19

analogous

#1E197F #51197F #7F197A

triadic

#51197F #7F5119 #197F51

tetradic

#51197F #7F1E19 #477F19 #197A7F

square

#51197F #7F1E19 #477F19 #197A7F

split-complementary

#51197F #7A7F19 #197F1E

monochromatic

#10051A #300F4C #51197F #7223B2 #913AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#51197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#51197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51197F

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51197F	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.159 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875da5',
    500: '#51197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51197f;
$custom-light: #875da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.941,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36152,
    "c": 0.15935,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51197F

secondary

#74B341

accent

#EA3E8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51197F

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

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