#51228F#51228F

#51228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.167 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51228F
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 44.57, -51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 68.28, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0771 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.167 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9220, 4.8764, 26.4524)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51228F #608F22

analogous

#22298F #51228F #88228F

triadic

#51228F #8F5122 #228F51

tetradic

#51228F #8F2229 #608F22 #228F88

square

#51228F #8F2229 #608F22 #228F88

split-complementary

#51228F #8F8822 #298F22

monochromatic

#190A2C #35165E #51228F #6D2EC0 #8D55D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#51228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#51228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51228F

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51228F	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.167 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862b1',
    500: '#51228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51228f;
$custom-light: #8862b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.872,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38539,
    "c": 0.16687,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51228F

secondary

#8EBA52

accent

#E5439F

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51228F

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

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