#51258E#51258E

#51258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.162 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51258E
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.81, 42.84, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.81, 66.16, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0745 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.162 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9361, 5.0253, 26.0851)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.41

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51258E #628E25

analogous

#252D8E #51258E #85258E

triadic

#51258E #8E5125 #258E51

tetradic

#51258E #8E252D #628E25 #258E85

square

#51258E #8E252D #628E25 #258E85

split-complementary

#51258E #8E8525 #2D8E25

monochromatic

#1A0C2D #35185D #51258E #6D32BF #8D5AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#51258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#51258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51258E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51258E	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.162 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864b0',
    500: '#51258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51258e;
$custom-light: #8864b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.143,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38813,
    "c": 0.16225,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51258E

secondary

#8FB956

accent

#E246A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51258E

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

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