#51206A#51206A

#51206A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.128 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51206A
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 69.8%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.08, 36.14, -33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.08, 49.37, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.26% 0.0857 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(35.26% 0.128 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5109, 3.8231, 14.0278)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51206A #396A20

analogous

#2C206A #51206A #6A205E

triadic

#51206A #6A5120 #206A51

tetradic

#51206A #6A2C20 #396A20 #205E6A

square

#51206A #6A2C20 #396A20 #205E6A

split-complementary

#51206A #5E6A20 #206A2C

monochromatic

#120718 #2D123B #51206A #752E99 #983FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#51206A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#51206A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51206A

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51206A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51206A	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51206a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.128 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f95',
    500: '#51206a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51206a;
$custom-light: #855f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51206a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.73,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35264,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51206A

secondary

#659E48

accent

#DD4B7C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51206A

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

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