#51218E#51218E

#51218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.167 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51218E
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 44.77, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 68.25, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.0783 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.167 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.8184, 4.7899, 26.0459)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51218E #5E8E21

analogous

#21288E #51218E #88218E

triadic

#51218E #8E5121 #218E51

tetradic

#51218E #8E2128 #5E8E21 #218E88

square

#51218E #8E2128 #5E8E21 #218E88

split-complementary

#51218E #8E8821 #288E21

monochromatic

#180A2B #35155C #51218E #6D2DC0 #8D52D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#51218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#51218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51218E

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51218E	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.167 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862b0',
    500: '#51218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51218e;
$custom-light: #8862b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.422,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38334,
    "c": 0.16687,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.0479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51218E

secondary

#8CBA50

accent

#E5429E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51218E

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

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