#51259D#51259D

#51259D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.179 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51259D
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, 46.91, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 74.18, 309.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0708 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.179 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1390, 5.5065, 32.4204)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51259D #719D25

analogous

#25359D #51259D #8D259D

triadic

#51259D #9D5125 #259D51

tetradic

#51259D #9D2535 #719D25 #259D8D

square

#51259D #9D2535 #719D25 #259D8D

split-complementary

#51259D #9D8D25 #359D25

monochromatic

#1E0E3A #37196B #51259D #6B31CE #8E62DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#51259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#51259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51259D

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51259D	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.179 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64bb',
    500: '#51259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51259d;
$custom-light: #8a64bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40156,
    "c": 0.17941,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51259D

secondary

#9CBF5E

accent

#E543AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51259D

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

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