#51198F#51198F

#51198F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.176 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51198F
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 82.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 48.43, -53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 72.48, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0847 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.176 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6976, 4.4276, 26.3777)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51198F #578F19

analogous

#191C8F #51198F #8C198F

triadic

#51198F #8F5119 #198F51

tetradic

#51198F #8F191C #578F19 #198F8C

square

#51198F #8F191C #578F19 #198F8C

split-complementary

#51198F #8F8C19 #1C8F19

monochromatic

#160727 #33105B #51198F #6F22C3 #8D44DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#51198F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#51198F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51198F

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51198F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51198F	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51198f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.176 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895eb1',
    500: '#51198f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51198f;
$custom-light: #895eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51198f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.475,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37601,
    "c": 0.17605,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51198F

secondary

#85BF44

accent

#ED3B98

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #51198F

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

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