#51288E#51288E

#51288E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.159 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51288E
RGB	rgb(81, 40, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 71.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.35, 41.32, -49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.35, 64.49, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(39.2% 0.0714 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(39.2% 0.159 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0333, 5.2197, 26.1175)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51288E #658E28

analogous

#28328E #51288E #84288E

triadic

#51288E #8E5128 #288E51

tetradic

#51288E #8E2832 #658E28 #288E84

square

#51288E #8E2832 #658E28 #288E84

split-complementary

#51288E #8E8428 #328E28

monochromatic

#1B0D2F #361B5E #51288E #6C35BE #8D5FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#51288E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#51288E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51288E

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51288E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51288E	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51288e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 40, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.159 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865b0',
    500: '#51288e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51288e;
$custom-light: #8865b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51288e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.118,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.392,
    "c": 0.15856,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51288E

secondary

#92B75B

accent

#DF48A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51288E

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

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