#51208E#51208E

#51208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.168 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51208E
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.97, 45.23, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.97, 68.75, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% 0.0792 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.168 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7911, 4.7352, 26.0368)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51208E #5D8E20

analogous

#20268E #51208E #88208E

triadic

#51208E #8E5120 #208E51

tetradic

#51208E #8E2026 #5D8E20 #208E88

square

#51208E #8E2026 #5D8E20 #208E88

split-complementary

#51208E #8E8820 #268E20

monochromatic

#18092A #35155C #51208E #6D2BC0 #8D51D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#51208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#51208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51208E

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51208E	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.168 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861b0',
    500: '#51208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51208e;
$custom-light: #8861b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.727,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38221,
    "c": 0.16797,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51208E

secondary

#8BBB4F

accent

#E6429D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #51208E

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

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