#51207E#51207E

#51207E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.150 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51207E
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 74.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.60, 41.10, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.60, 60.19, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0829 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.15 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6749, 4.2887, 20.1581)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51207E #4D7E20

analogous

#22207E #51207E #7E207C

triadic

#51207E #7E5120 #207E51

tetradic

#51207E #7E2220 #4D7E20 #207C7E

square

#51207E #7E2220 #4D7E20 #207C7E

split-complementary

#51207E #7C7E20 #207E22

monochromatic

#12071C #32144D #51207E #702CAF #8F48D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#51207E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#51207E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51207E

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51207E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51207E	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51207e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.150 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660a4',
    500: '#51207e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51207e;
$custom-light: #8660a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51207e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.277,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36836,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51207E

secondary

#7BB149

accent

#E34591

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51207E

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

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