#51239D#51239D

#51239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.181 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51239D
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, 47.84, -58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 75.18, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.93% 0.0725 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(39.93% 0.181 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0785, 5.3854, 32.4002)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51239D #6F9D23

analogous

#23329D #51239D #8E239D

triadic

#51239D #9D5123 #239D51

tetradic

#51239D #9D2332 #6F9D23 #239D8E

square

#51239D #9D2332 #6F9D23 #239D8E

split-complementary

#51239D #9D8E23 #329D23

monochromatic

#1D0D39 #37186B #51239D #6B2ECF #8E5FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#51239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#51239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51239D

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51239D	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.181 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63bb',
    500: '#51239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51239d;
$custom-light: #8a63bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.623,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39928,
    "c": 0.18149,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51239D

secondary

#9AC05C

accent

#E741A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51239D

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

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