#51279E#51279E

#51279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.178 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51279E
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, 46.22, -57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 73.67, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0688 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.178 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2887, 5.6686, 32.8932)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51279E #749E27

analogous

#27399E #51279E #8C279E

triadic

#51279E #9E5127 #279E51

tetradic

#51279E #9E2739 #749E27 #279E8C

square

#51279E #9E2739 #749E27 #279E8C

split-complementary

#51279E #9E8C27 #399E27

monochromatic

#1F0F3C #381B6D #51279E #6B35CD #8F66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#51279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#51279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51279E

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51279E	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.178 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66bc',
    500: '#51279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51279e;
$custom-light: #8a66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40486,
    "c": 0.17839,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51279E

secondary

#9EBF62

accent

#E444AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51279E

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

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