#51216F#51216F

#51216F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.132 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51216F
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 111)
HSL	hsl(277, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 70.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 36.85, -36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 51.51, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.084 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.132 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8059, 3.9849, 15.4465)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51216F #3F6F21

analogous

#2A216F #51216F #6F2166

triadic

#51216F #6F5121 #216F51

tetradic

#51216F #6F2A21 #3F6F21 #21666F

square

#51216F #6F2A21 #3F6F21 #21666F

split-complementary

#51216F #666F21 #216F2A

monochromatic

#110718 #2F1340 #51216F #732F9E #9443C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#51216F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#51216F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51216F

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51216F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51216F	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14396D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51216f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.132 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856099',
    500: '#51216f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51216f;
$custom-light: #856099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51216f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35769,
    "c": 0.13194,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51216F

secondary

#6CA349

accent

#DE4A83

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51216F

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

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