#51229C#51229C

#51229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.181 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51229C
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 48.03, -57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 75.15, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.72% 0.0736 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(39.72% 0.181 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9645, 5.2934, 31.9428)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51229C #6D9C22

analogous

#22309C #51229C #8E229C

triadic

#51229C #9C5122 #229C51

tetradic

#51229C #9C2230 #6D9C22 #229C8E

square

#51229C #9C2230 #6D9C22 #229C8E

split-complementary

#51229C #9C8E22 #309C22

monochromatic

#1D0C38 #37176A #51229C #6B2DCE #8E5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#51229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#51229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51229C

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51229C	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.181 293.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.115,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39724,
    "c": 0.18139,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51229C

secondary

#99C05A

accent

#E741A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51229C

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

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