#51249E#51249E

#51249E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.182 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51249E
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 158)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 77.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.06, 47.65, -58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.06, 75.21, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% 0.0714 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.182 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1941, 5.4794, 32.8616)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51249E #719E24

analogous

#24349E #51249E #8E249E

triadic

#51249E #9E5124 #249E51

tetradic

#51249E #9E2434 #719E24 #249E8E

square

#51249E #9E2434 #719E24 #249E8E

split-complementary

#51249E #9E8E24 #349E24

monochromatic

#1E0D3A #37196C #51249E #6B2FD0 #8E61DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#51249E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#51249E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51249E

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51249E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51249E	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51249e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.182 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64bc',
    500: '#51249e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51249e;
$custom-light: #8a64bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51249e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.131,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40133,
    "c": 0.18158,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51249E

secondary

#9CC05E

accent

#E642A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51249E

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

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