#51247A#51247A

#51247A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.140 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51247A
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 122)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 38.07, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 55.80, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0791 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.14 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5363, 4.4163, 18.8640)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51247A #4D7A24

analogous

#26247A #51247A #7A2478

triadic

#51247A #7A5124 #247A51

tetradic

#51247A #7A2624 #4D7A24 #24787A

square

#51247A #7A2624 #4D7A24 #24787A

split-complementary

#51247A #787A24 #247A26

monochromatic

#12081B #32164B #51247A #7032A9 #8F4ECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#51247A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#51247A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51247A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51247A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51247A	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51247a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.140 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662a1',
    500: '#51247a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51247a;
$custom-light: #8662a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51247a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.395,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3702,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51247A

secondary

#7BAC4D

accent

#DE4A90

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51247A

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

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