#51277D#51277D

#51277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.140 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51277D
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 37.27, -41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 55.70, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0752 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.14 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8197, 4.6810, 19.8896)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51277D #537D27

analogous

#27287D #51277D #7C277D

triadic

#51277D #7D5127 #277D51

tetradic

#51277D #7D2728 #537D27 #277D7C

square

#51277D #7D2728 #537D27 #277D7C

split-complementary

#51277D #7D7C27 #287D27

monochromatic

#150A20 #33184E #51277D #6F36AC #8E55CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#51277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#51277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51277D

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51277D	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.140 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664a3',
    500: '#51277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51277d;
$custom-light: #8664a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.302,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37669,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51277D

secondary

#81AF51

accent

#DC4C96

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51277D

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

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