#51279C#51279C

#51279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.176 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51279C
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.38, 45.67, -56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.38, 72.61, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.0693 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.176 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1179, 5.6003, 31.9939)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51279C #729C27

analogous

#27389C #51279C #8B279C

triadic

#51279C #9C5127 #279C51

tetradic

#51279C #9C2738 #729C27 #279C8B

square

#51279C #9C2738 #729C27 #279C8B

split-complementary

#51279C #9C8B27 #389C27

monochromatic

#1E0F3A #381B6B #51279C #6B34CC #8E65D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#51279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#51279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51279C

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51279C	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.176 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965ba',
    500: '#51279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51279c;
$custom-light: #8965ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40304,
    "c": 0.17609,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51279C

secondary

#9DBE61

accent

#E345AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51279C

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

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