#51259E#51259E

#51259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.181 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51259E
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, 47.18, -57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 74.71, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.25% 0.0705 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(40.25% 0.181 293)
XYZ	xyz(10.2247, 5.5407, 32.8719)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51259E #729E25

analogous

#25369E #51259E #8D259E

triadic

#51259E #9E5125 #259E51

tetradic

#51259E #9E2536 #729E25 #259E8D

square

#51259E #9E2536 #729E25 #259E8D

split-complementary

#51259E #9E8D25 #369E25

monochromatic

#1E0E3B #38196C #51259E #6B31CF #8E63DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#51259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#51259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51259E

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51259E	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.181 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64bc',
    500: '#51259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51259e;
$custom-light: #8a64bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40248,
    "c": 0.18054,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51259E

secondary

#9DC05F

accent

#E543AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51259E

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

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