#51238E#51238E

#51238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.165 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51238E
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 43.82, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 67.22, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% 0.0764 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.165 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8756, 4.9042, 26.0649)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51238E #608E23

analogous

#232B8E #51238E #86238E

triadic

#51238E #8E5123 #238E51

tetradic

#51238E #8E232B #608E23 #238E86

square

#51238E #8E232B #608E23 #238E86

split-complementary

#51238E #8E8623 #2B8E23

monochromatic

#190B2C #35175D #51238E #6D2FBF #8D56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#51238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#51238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51238E

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51238E	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.165 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863b0',
    500: '#51238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51238e;
$custom-light: #8863b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.794,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38568,
    "c": 0.1646,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51238E

secondary

#8EB953

accent

#E4449F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51238E

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

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