#51209F#51209F

#51209F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.187 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51209F
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 159)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 79.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.53, 49.70, -59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.53, 77.65, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.0742 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.187 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1661, 5.2852, 33.2787)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51209F #6E9F20

analogous

#202E9F #51209F #91209F

triadic

#51209F #9F5120 #209F51

tetradic

#51209F #9F202E #6E9F20 #209F91

square

#51209F #9F202E #6E9F20 #209F91

split-complementary

#51209F #9F9120 #2E9F20

monochromatic

#1D0B39 #37166C #51209F #6B2AD2 #8E5BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#51209F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#51209F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51209F

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51209F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51209F	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51209f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.187 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62bc',
    500: '#51209f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51209f;
$custom-light: #8a62bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51209f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.15,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39794,
    "c": 0.18664,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51209F

secondary

#99C259

accent

#E93EA7

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51209F

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

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