#51229B#51229B

#51229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.180 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51229B
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.46, 47.76, -57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.46, 74.62, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.63% 0.0739 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(39.63% 0.18 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8801, 5.2596, 31.4986)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51229B #6C9B22

analogous

#222F9B #51229B #8E229B

triadic

#51229B #9B5122 #229B51

tetradic

#51229B #9B222F #6C9B22 #229B8E

square

#51229B #9B222F #6C9B22 #229B8E

split-complementary

#51229B #9B8E22 #2F9B22

monochromatic

#1D0C37 #371769 #51229B #6B2DCD #8E5CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#51229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#51229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51229B

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51229B	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.180 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63ba',
    500: '#51229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51229b;
$custom-light: #8a63ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.306,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39631,
    "c": 0.18028,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51229B

secondary

#98C059

accent

#E741A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51229B

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

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