#51249C#51249C

#51249C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.179 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51249C
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.88, 47.11, -57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.88, 74.16, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0719 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.179 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0233, 5.4111, 31.9624)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51249C #6F9C24

analogous

#24339C #51249C #8D249C

triadic

#51249C #9C5124 #249C51

tetradic

#51249C #9C2433 #6F9C24 #249C8D

square

#51249C #9C2433 #6F9C24 #249C8D

split-complementary

#51249C #9C8D24 #339C24

monochromatic

#1D0D39 #37196A #51249C #6B2FCE #8E60DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#51249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#51249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51249C

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51249C	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.179 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64ba',
    500: '#51249c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51249c;
$custom-light: #8a64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39948,
    "c": 0.17933,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51249C

secondary

#9ABF5C

accent

#E642A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51249C

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

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