#51238C#51238C

#51238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.162 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51238C
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 43.29, -50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 66.15, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.39% 0.0769 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(38.39% 0.162 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7268, 4.8447, 25.2812)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51238C #5E8C23

analogous

#23298C #51238C #86238C

triadic

#51238C #8C5123 #238C51

tetradic

#51238C #8C2329 #5E8C23 #238C86

square

#51238C #8C2329 #5E8C23 #238C86

split-complementary

#51238C #8C8623 #298C23

monochromatic

#180B2A #35175B #51238C #6D2FBD #8D55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#51238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#51238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51238C

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51238C	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.162 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863ae',
    500: '#51238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51238c;
$custom-light: #8863ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38393,
    "c": 0.16233,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51238C

secondary

#8CB852

accent

#E3459E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51238C

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

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