#51258D#51258D

#51258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.161 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51258D
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 42.58, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 65.62, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0747 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.161 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8614, 4.9954, 25.6915)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.31

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51258D #618D25

analogous

#252D8D #51258D #85258D

triadic

#51258D #8D5125 #258D51

tetradic

#51258D #8D252D #618D25 #258D85

square

#51258D #8D252D #618D25 #258D85

split-complementary

#51258D #8D8525 #2D8D25

monochromatic

#190C2C #35185D #51258D #6D32BD #8D59D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#51258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#51258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51258D

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51258D	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.161 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864af',
    500: '#51258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51258d;
$custom-light: #8864af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38727,
    "c": 0.1611,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51258D

secondary

#8EB856

accent

#E246A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51258D

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

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