#51239E#51239E

#51239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.183 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51239E
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, 48.11, -58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 75.71, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0722 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.183 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1642, 5.4197, 32.8517)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51239E #709E23

analogous

#23329E #51239E #8E239E

triadic

#51239E #9E5123 #239E51

tetradic

#51239E #9E2332 #709E23 #239E8E

square

#51239E #9E2332 #709E23 #239E8E

split-complementary

#51239E #9E8E23 #329E23

monochromatic

#1E0D3A #37186C #51239E #6B2ED0 #8E60DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#51239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#51239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51239E

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51239E	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.183 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63bc',
    500: '#51239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51239e;
$custom-light: #8a63bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.439,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40021,
    "c": 0.1826,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51239E

secondary

#9BC15C

accent

#E741A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51239E

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

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