#51269C#51269C

#51269C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.177 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51269C
RGB	rgb(81, 38, 156)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 75.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, 46.16, -56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 73.13, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0702 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.177 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0855, 5.5355, 31.9831)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51269C #719C26

analogous

#26369C #51269C #8C269C

triadic

#51269C #9C5126 #269C51

tetradic

#51269C #9C2636 #719C26 #269C8C

square

#51269C #9C2636 #719C26 #269C8C

split-complementary

#51269C #9C8C26 #369C26

monochromatic

#1E0E3A #371A6B #51269C #6B32CD #8E63D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#51269C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#51269C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51269C

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51269C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51269C	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51269c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 38, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.177 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965ba',
    500: '#51269c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51269c;
$custom-light: #8965ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51269c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.864,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40183,
    "c": 0.17719,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51269C

secondary

#9CBF5F

accent

#E444AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51269C

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

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