#51217A#51217A

#51217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.144 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51217A
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 39.59, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 57.49, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.63% 0.0826 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(36.63% 0.144 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4493, 4.2422, 18.8350)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51217A #4A7A21

analogous

#25217A #51217A #7A2176

triadic

#51217A #7A5121 #217A51

tetradic

#51217A #7A2521 #4A7A21 #21767A

square

#51217A #7A2521 #4A7A21 #21767A

split-complementary

#51217A #767A21 #217A25

monochromatic

#11071A #31144A #51217A #712EAA #9048CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#51217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#51217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51217A

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51217A	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.144 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661a1',
    500: '#51217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51217a;
$custom-light: #8661a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.36,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36631,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51217A

secondary

#77AD4A

accent

#E1478E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51217A

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

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