#51208D#51208D

#51208D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.167 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51208D
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 77.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.88, 44.97, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.88, 68.22, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% 0.0795 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.167 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7163, 4.7053, 25.6431)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51208D #5C8D20

analogous

#20268D #51208D #88208D

triadic

#51208D #8D5120 #208D51

tetradic

#51208D #8D2026 #5C8D20 #208D88

square

#51208D #8D2026 #5C8D20 #208D88

split-complementary

#51208D #8D8820 #268D20

monochromatic

#180929 #34155B #51208D #6E2BBF #8D50D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#51208D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#51208D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51208D

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51208D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51208D	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51208d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.167 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861af',
    500: '#51208d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51208d;
$custom-light: #8861af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51208d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38132,
    "c": 0.16687,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51208D

secondary

#8ABA4E

accent

#E6429C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51208D

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

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