#51216E#51216E

#51216E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.131 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51216E
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 70%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 36.60, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 50.97, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(35.69% 0.0841 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(35.69% 0.131 310)
XYZ	xyz(6.7511, 3.9630, 15.1581)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51216E #3E6E21

analogous

#2B216E #51216E #6E2164

triadic

#51216E #6E5121 #216E51

tetradic

#51216E #6E2B21 #3E6E21 #21646E

square

#51216E #6E2B21 #3E6E21 #21646E

split-complementary

#51216E #646E21 #216E2B

monochromatic

#110718 #2E133F #51216E #742F9D #9543C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#51216E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#51216E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51216E

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51216E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51216E	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16396C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51216e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.131 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856098',
    500: '#51216e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51216e;
$custom-light: #856098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51216e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.403,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35694,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.03963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51216E

secondary

#6AA249

accent

#DD4B82

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51216E

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

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