#51208B#51208B

#51208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.165 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51208B
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.70, 44.45, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.70, 67.16, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.08 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.165 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5689, 4.6463, 24.8665)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51208B #5A8B20

analogous

#20248B #51208B #86208B

triadic

#51208B #8B5120 #208B51

tetradic

#51208B #8B2024 #5A8B20 #208B86

square

#51208B #8B2024 #5A8B20 #208B86

split-complementary

#51208B #8B8620 #248B20

monochromatic

#170928 #341559 #51208B #6E2BBD #8D4FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#51208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#51208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51208B

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51208B	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.165 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861ae',
    500: '#51208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51208b;
$custom-light: #8861ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.477,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37954,
    "c": 0.16465,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51208B

secondary

#88BA4D

accent

#E6429B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51208B

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

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