#51277F#51277F

#51277F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.142 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51277F
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 69.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, 37.80, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 56.81, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.075 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.142 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9487, 4.7326, 20.5693)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51277F #557F27

analogous

#27297F #51277F #7D277F

triadic

#51277F #7F5127 #277F51

tetradic

#51277F #7F2729 #557F27 #277F7D

square

#51277F #7F2729 #557F27 #277F7D

split-complementary

#51277F #7F7D27 #297F27

monochromatic

#150A21 #331950 #51277F #6F35AE #8E55CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#51277F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#51277F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51277F

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51277F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51277F	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51277f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.142 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664a5',
    500: '#51277f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51277f;
$custom-light: #8664a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51277f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 53.012,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37828,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51277F

secondary

#83B052

accent

#DC4B97

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51277F

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

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