#51218D#51218D

#51218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.166 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51218D
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 44.51, -51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 67.72, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0785 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.166 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7437, 4.7600, 25.6522)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51218D #5D8D21

analogous

#21278D #51218D #87218D

triadic

#51218D #8D5121 #218D51

tetradic

#51218D #8D2127 #5D8D21 #218D87

square

#51218D #8D2127 #5D8D21 #218D87

split-complementary

#51218D #8D8721 #278D21

monochromatic

#180A2A #35155B #51218D #6D2DBF #8D52D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#51218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#51218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51218D

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51218D	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.166 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862af',
    500: '#51218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51218d;
$custom-light: #8862af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38245,
    "c": 0.16576,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51218D

secondary

#8BBA50

accent

#E5439D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51218D

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

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