#51268E#51268E

#51268E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.161 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51268E
RGB	rgb(81, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 42.34, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 65.61, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% 0.0735 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.161 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9677, 5.0884, 26.0956)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.57

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51268E #638E26

analogous

#262F8E #51268E #85268E

triadic

#51268E #8E5126 #268E51

tetradic

#51268E #8E262F #638E26 #268E85

square

#51268E #8E262F #638E26 #268E85

split-complementary

#51268E #8E8526 #2F8E26

monochromatic

#1A0C2D #35195E #51268E #6D33BE #8D5BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#51268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#51268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51268E

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51268E	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.161 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864b0',
    500: '#51268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51268e;
$custom-light: #8864b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.808,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3894,
    "c": 0.16103,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51268E

secondary

#90B858

accent

#E147A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51268E

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

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