#51236F#51236F

#51236F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.129 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51236F
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(276, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 35.81, -35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 50.35, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.0815 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.129 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8630, 4.0992, 15.4655)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51236F #416F23

analogous

#2B236F #51236F #6F2367

triadic

#51236F #6F5123 #236F51

tetradic

#51236F #6F2B23 #416F23 #23676F

square

#51236F #6F2B23 #416F23 #23676F

split-complementary

#51236F #676F23 #236F2B

monochromatic

#110717 #2F1440 #51236F #73329E #9347C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#51236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#51236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51236F

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51236F	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.129 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856199',
    500: '#51236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51236f;
$custom-light: #856199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36039,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51236F

secondary

#6EA24C

accent

#DB4C85

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51236F

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

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