#51259C#51259C

#51259C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.178 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51259C
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.04, 46.64, -57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.04, 73.65, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.0711 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.178 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0540, 5.4724, 31.9726)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51259C #709C25

analogous

#25349C #51259C #8C259C

triadic

#51259C #9C5125 #259C51

tetradic

#51259C #9C2534 #709C25 #259C8C

square

#51259C #9C2534 #709C25 #259C8C

split-complementary

#51259C #9C8C25 #349C25

monochromatic

#1E0E39 #37196B #51259C #6B31CD #8E62DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#51259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#51259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51259C

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51259C	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.178 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64ba',
    500: '#51259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51259c;
$custom-light: #8a64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.185,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40064,
    "c": 0.17827,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51259C

secondary

#9BBF5E

accent

#E543A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51259C

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

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