#51279A#51279A

#51279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.174 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51279A
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 45.12, -55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 71.54, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% 0.0698 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.174 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9500, 5.5332, 31.1093)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51279A #709A27

analogous

#27379A #51279A #8A279A

triadic

#51279A #9A5127 #279A51

tetradic

#51279A #9A2737 #709A27 #279A8A

square

#51279A #9A2737 #709A27 #279A8A

split-complementary

#51279A #9A8A27 #379A27

monochromatic

#1E0E38 #371B69 #51279A #6B33CB #8E64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#51279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#51279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51279A

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51279A	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.174 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965b9',
    500: '#51279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51279a;
$custom-light: #8965b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.913,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40123,
    "c": 0.17378,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51279A

secondary

#9BBD5F

accent

#E345A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51279A

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

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