#51208F#51208F

#51208F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.169 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51208F
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 77.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 45.49, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 69.28, 311.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0789 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.169 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8665, 4.7654, 26.4339)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51208F #5E8F20

analogous

#20278F #51208F #89208F

triadic

#51208F #8F5120 #208F51

tetradic

#51208F #8F2027 #5E8F20 #208F89

square

#51208F #8F2027 #5E8F20 #208F89

split-complementary

#51208F #8F8920 #278F20

monochromatic

#180A2B #35155D #51208F #6D2BC1 #8D51D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#51208F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#51208F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51208F

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51208F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51208F	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51208f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.169 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861b1',
    500: '#51208f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51208f;
$custom-light: #8861b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51208f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.486,
    "s": 63.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38311,
    "c": 0.16908,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51208F

secondary

#8CBB4F

accent

#E6419E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #51208F

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

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