#51269D#51269D

#51269D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.178 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51269D
RGB	rgb(81, 38, 157)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 75.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 46.43, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 73.66, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.07 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.178 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1706, 5.5695, 32.4309)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51269D #729D26

analogous

#26369D #51269D #8C269D

triadic

#51269D #9D5126 #269D51

tetradic

#51269D #9D2636 #729D26 #269D8C

square

#51269D #9D2636 #729D26 #269D8C

split-complementary

#51269D #9D8C26 #369D26

monochromatic

#1E0E3A #381A6C #51269D #6B33CE #8E64D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#51269D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#51269D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51269D

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51269D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51269D	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51269d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 38, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.178 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a65bb',
    500: '#51269d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51269d;
$custom-light: #8a65bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51269d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.681,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40274,
    "c": 0.17833,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51269D

secondary

#9DBF60

accent

#E444AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51269D

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

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