#51209C#51209C

#51209C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.183 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51209C
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 156)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 79.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 48.91, -58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 76.10, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.0752 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.183 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9090, 5.1824, 31.9242)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51209C #6B9C20

analogous

#202D9C #51209C #8F209C

triadic

#51209C #9C5120 #209C51

tetradic

#51209C #9C202D #6B9C20 #209C8F

square

#51209C #9C202D #6B9C20 #209C8F

split-complementary

#51209C #9C8F20 #2D9C20

monochromatic

#1C0B36 #371669 #51209C #6B2ACF #8D59DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#51209C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#51209C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51209C

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51209C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51209C	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51209c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.183 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62ba',
    500: '#51209c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51209c;
$custom-light: #8a62ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51209c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.71,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3951,
    "c": 0.18337,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51209C

secondary

#97C157

accent

#E93FA6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51209C

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

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