#51218F#51218F

#51218F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.168 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51218F
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.22, 45.03, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.22, 68.78, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.078 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.168 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8938, 4.8201, 26.4431)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51218F #5F8F21

analogous

#21288F #51218F #88218F

triadic

#51218F #8F5121 #218F51

tetradic

#51218F #8F2128 #5F8F21 #218F88

square

#51218F #8F2128 #5F8F21 #218F88

split-complementary

#51218F #8F8821 #288F21

monochromatic

#190A2C #35165D #51218F #6D2CC1 #8D53D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#51218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#51218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51218F

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51218F	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.168 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862b1',
    500: '#51218f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51218f;
$custom-light: #8862b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.182,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38423,
    "c": 0.16799,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51218F

secondary

#8DBB51

accent

#E6429E

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51218F

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

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