#51238D#51238D

#51238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.163 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51238D
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 43.56, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 66.69, 310.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0767 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.163 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.8008, 4.8743, 25.6713)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51238D #5F8D23

analogous

#232A8D #51238D #86238D

triadic

#51238D #8D5123 #238D51

tetradic

#51238D #8D232A #5F8D23 #238D86

square

#51238D #8D232A #5F8D23 #238D86

split-complementary

#51238D #8D8623 #2A8D23

monochromatic

#190B2B #35175C #51238D #6D2FBE #8D55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#51238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#51238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51238D

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51238D	1.00	10.63	1.97	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.163 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863af',
    500: '#51238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51238d;
$custom-light: #8863af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.038,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38481,
    "c": 0.16347,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51238D

secondary

#8DB953

accent

#E3449E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51238D

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

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