#51228C#51228C

#51228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.163 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51228C
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 43.77, -50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 66.67, 311.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0779 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.163 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6978, 4.7867, 25.2715)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51228C #5D8C22

analogous

#22288C #51228C #86228C

triadic

#51228C #8C5122 #228C51

tetradic

#51228C #8C2228 #5D8C22 #228C86

square

#51228C #8C2228 #5D8C22 #228C86

split-complementary

#51228C #8C8622 #288C22

monochromatic

#180A2A #35165B #51228C #6D2EBD #8D53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#51228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#51228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51228C

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51228C	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.163 298.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.604,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38274,
    "c": 0.16349,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51228C

secondary

#8BB951

accent

#E4449D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51228C

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

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