#51228B#51228B

#51228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.162 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51228B
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.03, 43.51, -49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.03, 66.14, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0781 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.162 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6244, 4.7573, 24.8850)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51228B #5C8B22

analogous

#22288B #51228B #86228B

triadic

#51228B #8B5122 #228B51

tetradic

#51228B #8B2228 #5C8B22 #228B86

square

#51228B #8B2228 #5C8B22 #228B86

split-complementary

#51228B #8B8622 #288B22

monochromatic

#180A29 #34165A #51228B #6E2EBC #8D53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#51228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#51228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51228B

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51228B	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.162 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862ae',
    500: '#51228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51228b;
$custom-light: #8862ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38186,
    "c": 0.16237,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51228B

secondary

#8AB850

accent

#E4449C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51228B

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

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