#51236C#51236C

#51236C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.126 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51236C
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 108)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 67.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 35.07, -33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 48.70, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0817 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.126 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7006, 4.0342, 14.6102)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51236C #3E6C23

analogous

#2C236C #51236C #6C2362

triadic

#51236C #6C5123 #236C51

tetradic

#51236C #6C2C23 #3E6C23 #23626C

square

#51236C #6C2C23 #3E6C23 #23626C

split-complementary

#51236C #626C23 #236C2C

monochromatic

#110717 #2E143E #51236C #74329A #9546C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#51236C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#51236C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51236C

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51236C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51236C	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A396A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51236c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.126 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856196',
    500: '#51236c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51236c;
$custom-light: #856196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51236c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.808,
    "s": 51.049,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35818,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51236C

secondary

#6A9F4B

accent

#DB4D82

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51236C

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

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