#51216A#51216A

#51216A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.126 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51216A
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 106)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 68.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 35.63, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 48.80, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(35.4% 0.0844 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(35.4% 0.126 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5382, 3.8778, 14.0369)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51216A #3A6A21

analogous

#2D216A #51216A #6A215F

triadic

#51216A #6A5121 #216A51

tetradic

#51216A #6A2D21 #3A6A21 #215F6A

square

#51216A #6A2D21 #3A6A21 #215F6A

split-complementary

#51216A #5F6A21 #216A2D

monochromatic

#120717 #2D123B #51216A #753099 #9741C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#51216A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#51216A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51216A

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51216A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51216A	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51216a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.126 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856095',
    500: '#51216a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51216a;
$custom-light: #856095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51216a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.452,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35397,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51216A

secondary

#669E49

accent

#DC4C7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51216A

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

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