#51248C#51248C

#51248C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.161 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51248C
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 140)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 42.80, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 65.62, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0759 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.161 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7566, 4.9044, 25.2912)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51248C #5F8C24

analogous

#242B8C #51248C #85248C

triadic

#51248C #8C5124 #248C51

tetradic

#51248C #8C242B #5F8C24 #248C85

square

#51248C #8C242B #5F8C24 #248C85

split-complementary

#51248C #8C8524 #2B8C24

monochromatic

#190B2B #35175B #51248C #6D31BD #8D57D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#51248C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#51248C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51248C

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51248C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51248C	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51248c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.161 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863ae',
    500: '#51248c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51248c;
$custom-light: #8863ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51248c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.962,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38515,
    "c": 0.16115,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51248C

secondary

#8DB854

accent

#E2469E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51248C

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

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