#51198E#51198E

#51198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.175 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51198E
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, 48.18, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 71.96, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.085 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.175 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6222, 4.3975, 25.9805)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51198E #568E19

analogous

#191B8E #51198E #8B198E

triadic

#51198E #8E5119 #198E51

tetradic

#51198E #8E191B #568E19 #198E8B

square

#51198E #8E191B #568E19 #198E8B

split-complementary

#51198E #8E8B19 #1B8E19

monochromatic

#160726 #33105A #51198E #6F22C2 #8D43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#51198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#51198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51198E

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51198E	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.175 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895eb0',
    500: '#51198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51198e;
$custom-light: #895eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.718,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37508,
    "c": 0.17501,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51198E

secondary

#84BF44

accent

#ED3B98

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #51198E

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

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