#51268B#51268B

#51268B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.158 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51268B
RGB	rgb(81, 38, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 41.53, -48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 63.98, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.0741 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.158 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7455, 4.9995, 24.9253)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.26

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51268B #608B26

analogous

#262D8B #51268B #84268B

triadic

#51268B #8B5126 #268B51

tetradic

#51268B #8B262D #608B26 #268B84

square

#51268B #8B262D #608B26 #268B84

split-complementary

#51268B #8B8426 #2D8B26

monochromatic

#190C2B #35195B #51268B #6D33BB #8D5AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#51268B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#51268B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51268B

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51268B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51268B	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51268b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 38, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.158 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764ae',
    500: '#51268b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51268b;
$custom-light: #8764ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51268b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.545,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38683,
    "c": 0.15754,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51268B

secondary

#8EB756

accent

#E0479F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51268B

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

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