#51219D#51219D

#51219D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.183 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51219D
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 157)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 79%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.49, 48.74, -58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.49, 76.15, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% 0.0741 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.183 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0213, 5.2710, 32.3812)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51219D #6D9D21

analogous

#212F9D #51219D #8F219D

triadic

#51219D #9D5121 #219D51

tetradic

#51219D #9D212F #6D9D21 #219D8F

square

#51219D #9D212F #6D9D21 #219D8F

split-complementary

#51219D #9D8F21 #2F9D21

monochromatic

#1D0C38 #37166A #51219D #6B2CD0 #8E5CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#51219D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#51219D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51219D

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51219D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51219D	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51219d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.183 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62bb',
    500: '#51219d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51219d;
$custom-light: #8a62bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51219d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3971,
    "c": 0.18349,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51219D

secondary

#99C159

accent

#E840A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51219D

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

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