#51206B#51206B

#51206B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.129 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51206B
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 107)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 36.38, -34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 49.91, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0856 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.129 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5632, 3.8441, 14.3033)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51206B #3A6B20

analogous

#2C206B #51206B #6B2060

triadic

#51206B #6B5120 #206B51

tetradic

#51206B #6B2C20 #3A6B20 #20606B

square

#51206B #6B2C20 #3A6B20 #20606B

split-complementary

#51206B #606B20 #206B2C

monochromatic

#120718 #2D123C #51206B #752E9A #9740C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#51206B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#51206B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51206B

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51206B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51206B	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51206b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.129 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f96',
    500: '#51206b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51206b;
$custom-light: #855f96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51206b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.2,
    "s": 53.957,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35338,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51206B

secondary

#669F48

accent

#DD4A7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51206B

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

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