#51198D#51198D

#51198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.174 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51198D
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 47.93, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 71.45, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0853 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.174 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5475, 4.3676, 25.5868)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51198D #558D19

analogous

#191B8D #51198D #8B198D

triadic

#51198D #8D5119 #198D51

tetradic

#51198D #8D191B #558D19 #198D8B

square

#51198D #8D191B #558D19 #198D8B

split-complementary

#51198D #8D8B19 #1B8D19

monochromatic

#150725 #331059 #51198D #6F22C1 #8E43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#51198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#51198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51198D

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51198D	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.174 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885eaf',
    500: '#51198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51198d;
$custom-light: #885eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37415,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51198D

secondary

#83BF43

accent

#ED3B97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51198D

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

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