#51269B#51269B

#51269B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.176 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51269B
RGB	rgb(81, 38, 155)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.12, 45.88, -56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.12, 72.60, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0705 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.176 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0012, 5.5018, 31.5390)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51269B #709B26

analogous

#26369B #51269B #8B269B

triadic

#51269B #9B5126 #269B51

tetradic

#51269B #9B2636 #709B26 #269B8B

square

#51269B #9B2636 #709B26 #269B8B

split-complementary

#51269B #9B8B26 #369B26

monochromatic

#1E0E39 #371A6A #51269B #6B32CC #8E63D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#51269B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#51269B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51269B

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51269B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51269B	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51269b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 38, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.176 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965b9',
    500: '#51269b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51269b;
$custom-light: #8965b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51269b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.051,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40092,
    "c": 0.17605,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51269B

secondary

#9BBE5F

accent

#E444A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51269B

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

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