#51259B#51259B

#51259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.177 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51259B
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.95, 46.37, -56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.95, 73.12, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.0713 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.177 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9697, 5.4387, 31.5285)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51259B #6F9B25

analogous

#25349B #51259B #8C259B

triadic

#51259B #9B5125 #259B51

tetradic

#51259B #9B2534 #6F9B25 #259B8C

square

#51259B #9B2534 #6F9B25 #259B8C

split-complementary

#51259B #9B8C25 #349B25

monochromatic

#1D0D38 #37196A #51259B #6B31CC #8E61D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#51259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#51259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51259B

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51259B	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.177 293.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.373,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39973,
    "c": 0.17714,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51259B

secondary

#9ABF5D

accent

#E543A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51259B

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

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