#51229D#51229D

#51229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.182 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51229D
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.65, 48.29, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.65, 75.67, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% 0.0733 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.183 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0495, 5.3274, 32.3905)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51229D #6E9D22

analogous

#22309D #51229D #8F229D

triadic

#51229D #9D5122 #229D51

tetradic

#51229D #9D2230 #6E9D22 #229D8F

square

#51229D #9D2230 #6E9D22 #229D8F

split-complementary

#51229D #9D8F22 #309D22

monochromatic

#1D0C38 #37176B #51229D #6B2DCF #8E5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#51229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#51229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51229D

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51229D	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.182 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63bb',
    500: '#51229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51229d;
$custom-light: #8a63bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.927,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39817,
    "c": 0.1825,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51229D

secondary

#99C15A

accent

#E740A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51229D

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

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