#51228E#51228E

#51228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.166 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51228E
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 44.30, -51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 67.74, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0774 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.166 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8466, 4.8462, 26.0553)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51228E #5F8E22

analogous

#22298E #51228E #87228E

triadic

#51228E #8E5122 #228E51

tetradic

#51228E #8E2229 #5F8E22 #228E87

square

#51228E #8E2229 #5F8E22 #228E87

split-complementary

#51228E #8E8722 #298E22

monochromatic

#190A2B #35165D #51228E #6D2EBF #8D54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#51228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#51228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51228E

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51228E	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.166 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862b0',
    500: '#51228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51228e;
$custom-light: #8862b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3845,
    "c": 0.16575,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51228E

secondary

#8DBA52

accent

#E4439E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51228E

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

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