#51229F#51229F

#51229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.185 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51229F
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.84, 48.83, -59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.84, 76.71, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% 0.0727 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.185 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2216, 5.3962, 33.2972)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51229F #709F22

analogous

#22319F #51229F #8F229F

triadic

#51229F #9F5122 #229F51

tetradic

#51229F #9F2231 #709F22 #229F8F

square

#51229F #9F2231 #709F22 #229F8F

split-complementary

#51229F #9F8F22 #319F22

monochromatic

#1E0C3A #37176D #51229F #6B2DD1 #8E5FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#51229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#51229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51229F

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51229F	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.185 293.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.56,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40005,
    "c": 0.18471,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51229F

secondary

#9BC15B

accent

#E840A9

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51229F

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

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