#51238B#51238B

#51238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.161 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51238B
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 43.03, -49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 65.61, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0771 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.161 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6534, 4.8153, 24.8946)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51238B #5D8B23

analogous

#23298B #51238B #85238B

triadic

#51238B #8B5123 #238B51

tetradic

#51238B #8B2329 #5D8B23 #238B85

square

#51238B #8B2329 #5D8B23 #238B85

split-complementary

#51238B #8B8523 #298B23

monochromatic

#180A29 #35175A #51238B #6D2FBC #8D54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#51238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#51238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51238B

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51238B	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.161 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862ae',
    500: '#51238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51238b;
$custom-light: #8862ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.538,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38306,
    "c": 0.16119,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51238B

secondary

#8BB852

accent

#E3459D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51238B

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

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