#51267D#51267D

#51267D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.141 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51267D
RGB	rgb(81, 38, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.61, 37.80, -41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.61, 56.29, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0764 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.141 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7873, 4.6162, 19.8788)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51267D #527D26

analogous

#26277D #51267D #7D267D

triadic

#51267D #7D5126 #267D51

tetradic

#51267D #7D2627 #527D26 #267D7D

square

#51267D #7D2627 #527D26 #267D7D

split-complementary

#51267D #7D7D26 #277D26

monochromatic

#14091F #33184E #51267D #6F34AC #8E53CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#51267D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#51267D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51267D

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51267D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51267D	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51267d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 38, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.141 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664a3',
    500: '#51267d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51267d;
$custom-light: #8664a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51267d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.655,
    "s": 53.374,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3753,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51267D

secondary

#80AF50

accent

#DD4B95

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51267D

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

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