#51278A#51278A

#51278A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.155 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51278A
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 71.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.83, 40.75, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.83, 62.87, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0732 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.155 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7051, 5.0352, 24.5531)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51278A #608A27

analogous

#272E8A #51278A #83278A

triadic

#51278A #8A5127 #278A51

tetradic

#51278A #8A272E #608A27 #278A83

square

#51278A #8A272E #608A27 #278A83

split-complementary

#51278A #8A8327 #2E8A27

monochromatic

#190C2B #351A5A #51278A #6D34BA #8D5BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#51278A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#51278A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51278A

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51278A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51278A	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51278a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.155 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765ad',
    500: '#51278a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51278a;
$custom-light: #8765ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51278a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38729,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51278A

secondary

#8EB657

accent

#DF499F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51278A

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

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