#51235C#51235C

#51235C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.107 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51235C
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 92)
HSL	hsl(288, 45%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 62%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.74, 31.29, -25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.74, 40.06, 321.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% 0.0816 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.107 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9259, 3.7244, 10.5299)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51235C #2E5C23

analogous

#35235C #51235C #5C234B

triadic

#51235C #5C5123 #235C51

tetradic

#51235C #5C3523 #2E5C23 #234B5C

square

#51235C #5C3523 #2E5C23 #234B5C

split-complementary

#51235C #4B5C23 #235C35

monochromatic

#140816 #2A1230 #51235C #783488 #9F45B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#51235C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#51235C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51235C

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51235C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51235C	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17335E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27385B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51235c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.107 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84618a',
    500: '#51235c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51235c;
$custom-light: #84618a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51235c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.421,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34722,
    "c": 0.10728,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51235C

secondary

#58904B

accent

#D5536C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51235C

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

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