#51239A#51239A

#51239A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.178 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51239A
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.53, 47.03, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.53, 73.61, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% 0.0733 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.178 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8255, 5.2842, 31.0678)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51239A #6C9A23

analogous

#23319A #51239A #8D239A

triadic

#51239A #9A5123 #239A51

tetradic

#51239A #9A2331 #6C9A23 #239A8D

square

#51239A #9A2331 #6C9A23 #239A8D

split-complementary

#51239A #9A8D23 #319A23

monochromatic

#1D0C36 #371868 #51239A #6B2ECC #8E5DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#51239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#51239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51239A

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51239A	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.178 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963b9',
    500: '#51239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51239a;
$custom-light: #8963b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.193,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3965,
    "c": 0.17814,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51239A

secondary

#98BF5A

accent

#E642A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51239A

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

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