#51217C#51217C

#51217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.147 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51217C
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 40.10, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 58.58, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.0822 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.147 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5745, 4.2923, 19.4943)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51217C #4C7C21

analogous

#23217C #51217C #7C2179

triadic

#51217C #7C5121 #217C51

tetradic

#51217C #7C2321 #4C7C21 #21797C

square

#51217C #7C2321 #4C7C21 #21797C

split-complementary

#51217C #797C21 #217C23

monochromatic

#12071B #31144C #51217C #712EAC #8F49CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#51217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#51217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51217C

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51217C	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.147 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661a3',
    500: '#51217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51217c;
$custom-light: #8661a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.648,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36793,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51217C

secondary

#7AAF4A

accent

#E14790

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51217C

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

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