#51226F#51226F

#51226F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.130 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51226F
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 111)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 69.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 36.33, -35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 50.93, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.9% 0.0828 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(35.9% 0.13 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8340, 4.0412, 15.4559)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51226F #406F22

analogous

#2A226F #51226F #6F2266

triadic

#51226F #6F5122 #226F51

tetradic

#51226F #6F2A22 #406F22 #22666F

square

#51226F #6F2A22 #406F22 #22666F

split-complementary

#51226F #666F22 #226F2A

monochromatic

#110717 #2F1440 #51226F #73309E #9445C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#51226F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#51226F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51226F

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51226F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51226F	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15396D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51226f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.130 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856199',
    500: '#51226f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51226f;
$custom-light: #856199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51226f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.623,
    "s": 53.103,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35903,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51226F

secondary

#6DA24A

accent

#DD4B84

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51226F

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

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