#51255C#51255C

#51255C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.104 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51255C
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 92)
HSL	hsl(288, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 59.8%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 30.17, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 38.77, 321.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0786 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.104 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9864, 3.8454, 10.5500)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51255C #305C25

analogous

#35255C #51255C #5C254B

triadic

#51255C #5C5125 #255C51

tetradic

#51255C #5C3525 #305C25 #254B5C

square

#51255C #5C3525 #305C25 #254B5C

split-complementary

#51255C #4B5C25 #255C35

monochromatic

#130916 #2B1330 #51255C #773788 #9E48B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#51255C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#51255C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51255C

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51255C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51255C	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A345E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29395B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51255c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.104 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84628a',
    500: '#51255c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51255c;
$custom-light: #84628a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51255c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 42.636,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35025,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51255C

secondary

#5B8F4D

accent

#D2556E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #51255C

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

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