#51268D#51268D

#51268D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.160 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51268D
RGB	rgb(81, 38, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 73%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.90, 42.07, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.90, 65.07, 310.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0737 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.16 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8929, 5.0585, 25.7020)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51268D #628D26

analogous

#262E8D #51268D #85268D

triadic

#51268D #8D5126 #268D51

tetradic

#51268D #8D262E #628D26 #268D85

square

#51268D #8D262E #628D26 #268D85

split-complementary

#51268D #8D8526 #2E8D26

monochromatic

#1A0C2D #35195D #51268D #6D33BD #8D5BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#51268D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#51268D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51268D

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51268D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51268D	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51268d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 38, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.160 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864af',
    500: '#51268d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51268d;
$custom-light: #8864af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51268d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.049,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38854,
    "c": 0.15987,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51268D

secondary

#8FB857

accent

#E147A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51268D

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

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