#51226C#51226C

#51226C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.127 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51226C
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 108)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 68.5%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 35.60, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 49.30, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.083 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.127 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6716, 3.9762, 14.6005)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51226C #3D6C22

analogous

#2C226C #51226C #6C2262

triadic

#51226C #6C5122 #226C51

tetradic

#51226C #6C2C22 #3D6C22 #22626C

square

#51226C #6C2C22 #3D6C22 #22626C

split-complementary

#51226C #626C22 #226C2C

monochromatic

#110717 #2E133D #51226C #74319B #9544C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#51226C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#51226C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51226C

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51226C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51226C	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19396A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51226c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.127 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856197',
    500: '#51226c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51226c;
$custom-light: #856197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51226c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3568,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51226C

secondary

#69A04A

accent

#DC4C81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51226C

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

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