#51239C#51239C

#51239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.180 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51239C
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.71, 47.57, -57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.71, 74.66, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(39.84% 0.0728 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(39.84% 0.18 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9935, 5.3514, 31.9524)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51239C #6E9C23

analogous

#23319C #51239C #8E239C

triadic

#51239C #9C5123 #239C51

tetradic

#51239C #9C2331 #6E9C23 #239C8E

square

#51239C #9C2331 #6E9C23 #239C8E

split-complementary

#51239C #9C8E23 #319C23

monochromatic

#1D0D38 #37186A #51239C #6B2ECE #8E5EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#51239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#51239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51239C

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51239C	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.180 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63ba',
    500: '#51239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51239c;
$custom-light: #8a63ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.81,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39835,
    "c": 0.18037,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51239C

secondary

#99C05B

accent

#E641A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51239C

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

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