#51249B#51249B

#51249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.178 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51249B
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.78, 46.84, -56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.78, 73.63, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0722 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.178 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9390, 5.3773, 31.5182)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51249B #6E9B24

analogous

#24329B #51249B #8D249B

triadic

#51249B #9B5124 #249B51

tetradic

#51249B #9B2432 #6E9B24 #249B8D

square

#51249B #9B2432 #6E9B24 #249B8D

split-complementary

#51249B #9B8D24 #329B24

monochromatic

#1D0D38 #371869 #51249B #6B30CD #8E5FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#51249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#51249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51249B

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51249B	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.178 293.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.689,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39856,
    "c": 0.1782,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51249B

secondary

#99BF5C

accent

#E542A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51249B

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

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