#51287F#51287F

#51287F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.141 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51287F
RGB	rgb(81, 40, 127)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 37.26, -42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 56.22, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.0738 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.141 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9820, 4.7992, 20.5804)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51287F #567F28

analogous

#282A7F #51287F #7C287F

triadic

#51287F #7F5128 #287F51

tetradic

#51287F #7F282A #567F28 #287F7C

square

#51287F #7F282A #567F28 #287F7C

split-complementary

#51287F #7F7C28 #2A7F28

monochromatic

#160B22 #331950 #51287F #6F37AE #8D57CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#51287F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#51287F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51287F

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51287F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51287F	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51287f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 40, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.141 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665a5',
    500: '#51287f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51287f;
$custom-light: #8665a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51287f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.276,
    "s": 52.096,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37968,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51287F

secondary

#84AF54

accent

#DC4C98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51287F

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

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