#51229E#51229E

#51229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.184 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51229E
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.74, 48.56, -58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.74, 76.19, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.91% 0.073 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(39.91% 0.184 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1352, 5.3617, 32.8420)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51229E #6F9E22

analogous

#22319E #51229E #8F229E

triadic

#51229E #9E5122 #229E51

tetradic

#51229E #9E2231 #6F9E22 #229E8F

square

#51229E #9E2231 #6F9E22 #229E8F

split-complementary

#51229E #9E8F22 #319E22

monochromatic

#1D0C39 #37176C #51229E #6B2DD0 #8E5EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#51229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#51229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51229E

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51229E	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.184 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63bc',
    500: '#51229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51229e;
$custom-light: #8a63bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.742,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39911,
    "c": 0.18361,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51229E

secondary

#9AC15B

accent

#E840A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51229E

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

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