#51247F#51247F

#51247F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.146 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51247F
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 127)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 39.37, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 58.55, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0784 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.146 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8541, 4.5434, 20.5377)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51247F #527F24

analogous

#24257F #51247F #7F247F

triadic

#51247F #7F5124 #247F51

tetradic

#51247F #7F2425 #527F24 #247F7F

square

#51247F #7F2425 #527F24 #247F7F

split-complementary

#51247F #7F7F24 #257F24

monochromatic

#140920 #33164F #51247F #6F32AF #8E50CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#51247F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#51247F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51247F

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51247F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51247F	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51247f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.146 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663a5',
    500: '#51247f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51247f;
$custom-light: #8663a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51247f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.67,
    "s": 55.828,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37422,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51247F

secondary

#80B14E

accent

#DF4995

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51247F

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

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