#51269E#51269E

#51269E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.179 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51269E
RGB	rgb(81, 38, 158)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 75.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 46.71, -57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 74.19, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0697 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.179 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2563, 5.6038, 32.8824)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51269E #739E26

analogous

#26379E #51269E #8D269E

triadic

#51269E #9E5126 #269E51

tetradic

#51269E #9E2637 #739E26 #269E8D

square

#51269E #9E2637 #739E26 #269E8D

split-complementary

#51269E #9E8D26 #379E26

monochromatic

#1E0E3B #381A6D #51269E #6B33CE #8F65DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#51269E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#51269E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51269E

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51269E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51269E	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51269e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 38, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.179 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a65bc',
    500: '#51269e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51269e;
$custom-light: #8a65bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51269e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40366,
    "c": 0.17947,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51269E

secondary

#9DC060

accent

#E443AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51269E

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

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