#51228A#51228A

#51228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.161 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51228A
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.95, 43.24, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.95, 65.60, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0783 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.161 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5516, 4.7283, 24.5019)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51228A #5B8A22

analogous

#22278A #51228A #85228A

triadic

#51228A #8A5122 #228A51

tetradic

#51228A #8A2227 #5B8A22 #228A85

square

#51228A #8A2227 #5B8A22 #228A85

split-complementary

#51228A #8A8522 #278A22

monochromatic

#170A28 #341659 #51228A #6E2EBB #8D52D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#51228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#51228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51228A

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51228A	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.161 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762ad',
    500: '#51228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51228a;
$custom-light: #8762ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.115,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38099,
    "c": 0.16124,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51228A

secondary

#89B850

accent

#E4449C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51228A

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

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