#51206D#51206D

#51206D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.131 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51206D
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 70.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 36.87, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 51.00, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0854 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.131 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6696, 3.8866, 14.8639)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51206D #3C6D20

analogous

#2B206D #51206D #6D2062

triadic

#51206D #6D5120 #206D51

tetradic

#51206D #6D2B20 #3C6D20 #20626D

square

#51206D #6D2B20 #3C6D20 #20626D

split-complementary

#51206D #626D20 #206D2B

monochromatic

#120718 #2E123E #51206D #742E9C #9640C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#51206D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#51206D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51206D

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51206D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51206D	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16386B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51206d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.131 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856097',
    500: '#51206d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51206d;
$custom-light: #856097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51206d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 54.61,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35487,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51206D

secondary

#68A148

accent

#DE4A80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51206D

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

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