#51249D#51249D

#51249D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.180 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51249D
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 157)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 77.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.97, 47.38, -57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.97, 74.68, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.0717 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.18 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1083, 5.4451, 32.4102)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51249D #709D24

analogous

#24349D #51249D #8D249D

triadic

#51249D #9D5124 #249D51

tetradic

#51249D #9D2434 #709D24 #249D8D

square

#51249D #9D2434 #709D24 #249D8D

split-complementary

#51249D #9D8D24 #349D24

monochromatic

#1E0D39 #37196B #51249D #6B2FCF #8E61DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#51249D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#51249D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51249D

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51249D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51249D	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51249d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.180 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64bb',
    500: '#51249d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51249d;
$custom-light: #8a64bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51249d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.314,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40041,
    "c": 0.18045,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51249D

secondary

#9BC05D

accent

#E642A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51249D

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

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