#51218C#51218C

#51218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.165 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51218C
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.95, 44.24, -50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.95, 67.19, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0788 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.165 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6696, 4.7304, 25.2621)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51218C #5C8C21

analogous

#21278C #51218C #87218C

triadic

#51218C #8C5121 #218C51

tetradic

#51218C #8C2127 #5C8C21 #218C87

square

#51218C #8C2127 #5C8C21 #218C87

split-complementary

#51218C #8C8721 #278C21

monochromatic

#180A29 #34155A #51218C #6E2DBE #8D51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#51218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#51218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51218C

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51218C	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.165 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861ae',
    500: '#51218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51218c;
$custom-light: #8861ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.916,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38157,
    "c": 0.16464,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51218C

secondary

#8AB94F

accent

#E5439C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51218C

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

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