#51217F#51217F

#51217F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.150 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51217F
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.86, 40.87, -44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.86, 60.20, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.0817 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.15 303)
XYZ	xyz(7.7671, 4.3693, 20.5087)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51217F #4F7F21

analogous

#22217F #51217F #7F217E

triadic

#51217F #7F5121 #217F51

tetradic

#51217F #7F2221 #4F7F21 #217E7F

square

#51217F #7F2221 #4F7F21 #217E7F

split-complementary

#51217F #7E7F21 #217F22

monochromatic

#13081E #32144E #51217F #702EB0 #8F4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#51217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#51217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51217F

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51217F	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.150 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661a5',
    500: '#51217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51217f;
$custom-light: #8661a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.638,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37041,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.04369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51217F

secondary

#7DB24A

accent

#E24692

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51217F

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

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