#51236D#51236D

#51236D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.127 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51236D
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(277, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 35.31, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 49.25, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.0816 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.127 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7542, 4.0557, 14.8920)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51236D #3F6D23

analogous

#2C236D #51236D #6D2364

triadic

#51236D #6D5123 #236D51

tetradic

#51236D #6D2C23 #3F6D23 #23646D

square

#51236D #6D2C23 #3F6D23 #23646D

split-complementary

#51236D #646D23 #236D2C

monochromatic

#110717 #2F143F #51236D #73329B #9447C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#51236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#51236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51236D

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51236D	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00376F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19396B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.127 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856197',
    500: '#51236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51236d;
$custom-light: #856197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35891,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51236D

secondary

#6CA04B

accent

#DB4D83

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51236D

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

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