#51279B#51279B

#51279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.175 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51279B
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 45.39, -55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 72.07, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.0696 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.175 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0336, 5.5666, 31.5498)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51279B #719B27

analogous

#27379B #51279B #8B279B

triadic

#51279B #9B5127 #279B51

tetradic

#51279B #9B2737 #719B27 #279B8B

square

#51279B #9B2737 #719B27 #279B8B

split-complementary

#51279B #9B8B27 #379B27

monochromatic

#1E0E39 #371B6A #51279B #6B33CC #8E64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#51279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#51279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51279B

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51279B	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.175 293.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.724,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40213,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51279B

secondary

#9CBE60

accent

#E345AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51279B

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

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