#51278C#51278C

#51278C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.157 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51278C
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 140)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 72.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 41.29, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 63.97, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.9% 0.0729 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(38.9% 0.157 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8513, 5.0937, 25.3227)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51278C #628C27

analogous

#27308C #51278C #83278C

triadic

#51278C #8C5127 #278C51

tetradic

#51278C #8C2730 #628C27 #278C83

square

#51278C #8C2730 #628C27 #278C83

split-complementary

#51278C #8C8327 #308C27

monochromatic

#1A0C2C #351A5C #51278C #6D34BC #8D5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#51278C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#51278C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51278C

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51278C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51278C	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51278c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.157 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765ae',
    500: '#51278c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51278c;
$custom-light: #8765ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51278c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.95,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38898,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51278C

secondary

#8FB758

accent

#E048A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51278C

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

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