#51279D#51279D

#51279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.177 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51279D
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 45.95, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 73.14, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.0691 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.177 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2030, 5.6343, 32.4417)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51279D #739D27

analogous

#27389D #51279D #8C279D

triadic

#51279D #9D5127 #279D51

tetradic

#51279D #9D2738 #739D27 #279D8C

square

#51279D #9D2738 #739D27 #279D8C

split-complementary

#51279D #9D8C27 #389D27

monochromatic

#1E0F3B #381B6C #51279D #6B35CD #8F66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#51279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#51279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51279D

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51279D	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.177 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66bb',
    500: '#51279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51279d;
$custom-light: #8a66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.356,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40395,
    "c": 0.17725,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51279D

secondary

#9DBF61

accent

#E344AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51279D

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

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