#51235E#51235E

#51235E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.110 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51235E
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 94)
HSL	hsl(287, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 62.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.86, 31.74, -26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.86, 41.12, 320.53°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.0817 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.11 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0145, 3.7598, 10.9964)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.82

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51235E #305E23

analogous

#34235E #51235E #5E234D

triadic

#51235E #5E5123 #235E51

tetradic

#51235E #5E3423 #305E23 #234D5E

square

#51235E #5E3423 #305E23 #234D5E

split-complementary

#51235E #4D5E23 #235E34

monochromatic

#130816 #2B1231 #51235E #77348B #9E44B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#51235E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#51235E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51235E

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51235E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51235E	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26385C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51235e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.110 318.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51235e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.78,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34851,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51235E

secondary

#5B924B

accent

#D5526F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51235E

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

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