#51238F#51238F

#51238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.166 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51238F
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.55, 44.09, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.55, 67.76, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% 0.0762 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.166 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9510, 4.9344, 26.4621)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51238F #618F23

analogous

#232B8F #51238F #87238F

triadic

#51238F #8F5123 #238F51

tetradic

#51238F #8F232B #618F23 #238F87

square

#51238F #8F232B #618F23 #238F87

split-complementary

#51238F #8F8723 #2B8F23

monochromatic

#190B2D #35175E #51238F #6D2FC0 #8D57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#51238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#51238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51238F

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51238F	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.166 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863b1',
    500: '#51238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51238f;
$custom-light: #8863b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38657,
    "c": 0.16574,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51238F

secondary

#8EBA54

accent

#E444A0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51238F

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

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