#51208A#51208A

#51208A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.164 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51208A
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 138)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 76.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 44.19, -49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 66.63, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.0802 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.164 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4961, 4.6172, 24.4834)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51208A #598A20

analogous

#20248A #51208A #86208A

triadic

#51208A #8A5120 #208A51

tetradic

#51208A #8A2024 #598A20 #208A86

square

#51208A #8A2024 #598A20 #208A86

split-complementary

#51208A #8A8620 #248A20

monochromatic

#170927 #341458 #51208A #6E2CBC #8D4ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#51208A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#51208A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51208A

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51208A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51208A	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51208a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.164 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861ad',
    500: '#51208a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51208a;
$custom-light: #8861ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51208a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.736,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37865,
    "c": 0.16355,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51208A

secondary

#87B94D

accent

#E5429A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51208A

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

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