#51239B#51239B

#51239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.179 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51239B
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.62, 47.30, -57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.62, 74.13, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.74% 0.073 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(39.74% 0.179 294)
XYZ	xyz(9.9091, 5.3177, 31.5083)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51239B #6D9B23

analogous

#23319B #51239B #8D239B

triadic

#51239B #9B5123 #239B51

tetradic

#51239B #9B2331 #6D9B23 #239B8D

square

#51239B #9B2331 #6D9B23 #239B8D

split-complementary

#51239B #9B8D23 #319B23

monochromatic

#1D0C37 #371869 #51239B #6B2ECD #8E5EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#51239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#51239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51239B

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51239B	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.179 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63b9',
    500: '#51239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51239b;
$custom-light: #8a63b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39742,
    "c": 0.17926,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51239B

secondary

#99BF5A

accent

#E642A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51239B

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

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