#51277A#51277A

#51277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.136 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51277A
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.58, 36.48, -39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.58, 54.04, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0755 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.136 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6309, 4.6055, 18.8955)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51277A #507A27

analogous

#27277A #51277A #7A277A

triadic

#51277A #7A5127 #277A51

tetradic

#51277A #7A2727 #507A27 #277A7A

square

#51277A #7A2727 #507A27 #277A7A

split-complementary

#51277A #7A7A27 #277A27

monochromatic

#13091D #32184C #51277A #7036A8 #8E53C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#51277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#51277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51277A

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51277A	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.136 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564a1',
    500: '#51277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51277a;
$custom-light: #8564a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.361,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37435,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51277A

secondary

#7EAC51

accent

#DB4D93

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51277A

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

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