#51208C#51208C

#51208C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.166 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51208C
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 140)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 77.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.79, 44.71, -50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.79, 67.69, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0797 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.166 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6423, 4.6757, 25.2530)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51208C #5B8C20

analogous

#20258C #51208C #87208C

triadic

#51208C #8C5120 #208C51

tetradic

#51208C #8C2025 #5B8C20 #208C87

square

#51208C #8C2025 #5B8C20 #208C87

split-complementary

#51208C #8C8720 #258C20

monochromatic

#170928 #34155A #51208C #6E2BBE #8D50D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#51208C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#51208C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51208C

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51208C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51208C	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51208c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.166 298.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51208c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.222,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38043,
    "c": 0.16576,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51208C

secondary

#89BA4E

accent

#E6429B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51208C

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

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