#51249A#51249A

#51249A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.177 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51249A
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 154)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.69, 46.57, -56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.69, 73.10, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% 0.0725 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.177 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8554, 5.3439, 31.0778)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51249A #6D9A24

analogous

#24329A #51249A #8C249A

triadic

#51249A #9A5124 #249A51

tetradic

#51249A #9A2432 #6D9A24 #249A8C

square

#51249A #9A2432 #6D9A24 #249A8C

split-complementary

#51249A #9A8C24 #329A24

monochromatic

#1D0D37 #371868 #51249A #6B30CC #8E5FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#51249A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#51249A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51249A

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51249A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51249A	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51249a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.177 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964b9',
    500: '#51249a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51249a;
$custom-light: #8964b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51249a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.881,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39764,
    "c": 0.17708,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51249A

secondary

#99BF5B

accent

#E543A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51249A

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

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