#51259A#51259A

#51259A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.176 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51259A
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.86, 46.09, -56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.86, 72.59, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% 0.0716 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.176 294)
XYZ	xyz(9.8860, 5.4053, 31.0880)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51259A #6E9A25

analogous

#25339A #51259A #8C259A

triadic

#51259A #9A5125 #259A51

tetradic

#51259A #9A2533 #6E9A25 #259A8C

square

#51259A #9A2533 #6E9A25 #259A8C

split-complementary

#51259A #9A8C25 #339A25

monochromatic

#1D0D37 #371969 #51259A #6B31CB #8E60D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#51259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#51259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51259A

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51259A	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.176 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964b9',
    500: '#51259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51259a;
$custom-light: #8964b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.564,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39881,
    "c": 0.176,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51259A

secondary

#99BE5D

accent

#E443A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51259A

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

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