#51207C#51207C

#51207C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.148 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51207C
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 40.59, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 59.11, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.0833 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.148 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5471, 4.2376, 19.4852)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.71

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51207C #4B7C20

analogous

#23207C #51207C #7C2079

triadic

#51207C #7C5120 #207C51

tetradic

#51207C #7C2320 #4B7C20 #20797C

square

#51207C #7C2320 #4B7C20 #20797C

split-complementary

#51207C #797C20 #207C23

monochromatic

#11071B #31134B #51207C #712DAD #9047CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#51207C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#51207C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51207C

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51207C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51207C	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51207c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.148 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660a3',
    500: '#51207c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51207c;
$custom-light: #8660a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51207c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.957,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3667,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51207C

secondary

#79AF49

accent

#E2468F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51207C

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

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