#51226B#51226B

#51226B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.126 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51226B
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 107)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 68.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 35.35, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 48.75, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% 0.0831 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.126 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6187, 3.9551, 14.3218)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51226B #3C6B22

analogous

#2C226B #51226B #6B2260

triadic

#51226B #6B5122 #226B51

tetradic

#51226B #6B2C22 #3C6B22 #22606B

square

#51226B #6B2C22 #3C6B22 #22606B

split-complementary

#51226B #606B22 #226B2C

monochromatic

#120717 #2E133D #51226B #743199 #9644C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#51226B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#51226B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51226B

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51226B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51226B	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51226b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.126 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856196',
    500: '#51226b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51226b;
$custom-light: #856196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51226b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35607,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51226B

secondary

#689F4A

accent

#DB4D7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51226B

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

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