#51206F#51206F

#51206F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.133 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51206F
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 111)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 71.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 37.35, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 52.08, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% 0.0852 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.133 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7785, 3.9302, 15.4374)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51206F #3E6F20

analogous

#29206F #51206F #6F2065

triadic

#51206F #6F5120 #206F51

tetradic

#51206F #6F2920 #3E6F20 #20656F

square

#51206F #6F2920 #3E6F20 #20656F

split-complementary

#51206F #656F20 #206F29

monochromatic

#110718 #2E123F #51206F #742E9F #9541C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#51206F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#51206F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51206F

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51206F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51206F	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13396D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51206f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.133 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856099',
    500: '#51206f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51206f;
$custom-light: #856099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51206f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.215,
    "s": 55.245,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35639,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51206F

secondary

#6AA348

accent

#DF4982

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51206F

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

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