#51248B#51248B

#51248B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.160 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51248B
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 42.54, -49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 65.08, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0761 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.16 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6832, 4.8750, 24.9046)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51248B #5E8B24

analogous

#242A8B #51248B #85248B

triadic

#51248B #8B5124 #248B51

tetradic

#51248B #8B242A #5E8B24 #248B85

square

#51248B #8B242A #5E8B24 #248B85

split-complementary

#51248B #8B8524 #2A8B24

monochromatic

#180B2A #35175A #51248B #6D31BC #8D56D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#51248B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#51248B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51248B

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51248B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51248B	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51248b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.160 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763ae',
    500: '#51248b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51248b;
$custom-light: #8763ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51248b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.214,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38429,
    "c": 0.16,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51248B

secondary

#8CB753

accent

#E2469E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51248B

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

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