#51246A#51246A

#51246A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.122 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51246A
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 106)
HSL	hsl(279, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 66%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 34.04, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 47.00, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0804 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.122 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6253, 4.0518, 14.0660)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51246A #3D6A24

analogous

#2E246A #51246A #6A2460

triadic

#51246A #6A5124 #246A51

tetradic

#51246A #6A2E24 #3D6A24 #24606A

square

#51246A #6A2E24 #3D6A24 #24606A

split-complementary

#51246A #606A24 #246A2E

monochromatic

#110817 #2E143C #51246A #743498 #9548C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#51246A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#51246A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51246A

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51246A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51246A	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05376C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51246a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.122 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846295',
    500: '#51246a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51246a;
$custom-light: #846295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51246a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35815,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51246A

secondary

#699D4D

accent

#D94F80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51246A

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

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