#51199E#51199E

#51199E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.192 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51199E
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.49, 52.21, -60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.49, 80.12, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.0794 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.192 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9108, 4.9129, 32.7672)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51199E #669E19

analogous

#19239E #51199E #93199E

triadic

#51199E #9E5119 #199E51

tetradic

#51199E #9E1923 #669E19 #199E93

square

#51199E #9E1923 #669E19 #199E93

split-complementary

#51199E #9E9319 #239E19

monochromatic

#1B0834 #361169 #51199E #6C21D3 #8D4EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#51199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#51199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51199E

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51199E	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.192 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5fbc',
    500: '#51199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51199e;
$custom-light: #8b5fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3904,
    "c": 0.19166,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51199E

secondary

#93C54E

accent

#EF38A2

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #51199E

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

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