#51199C#51199C

#51199C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.190 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51199C
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 156)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 84%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 51.71, -59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 79.11, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0801 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.19 295)
XYZ	xyz(9.7401, 4.8446, 31.8680)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51199C #649C19

analogous

#19229C #51199C #92199C

triadic

#51199C #9C5119 #199C51

tetradic

#51199C #9C1922 #649C19 #199C92

square

#51199C #9C1922 #649C19 #199C92

split-complementary

#51199C #9C9219 #229C19

monochromatic

#1A0833 #361167 #51199C #6C21D1 #8D4DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#51199C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#51199C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51199C

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51199C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51199C	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51199c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.190 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fba',
    500: '#51199c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51199c;
$custom-light: #8a5fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51199c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.649,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38845,
    "c": 0.18957,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51199C

secondary

#91C44C

accent

#EF39A1

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #51199C

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

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