#51289A#51289A

#51289A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.173 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51289A
RGB	rgb(81, 40, 154)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 74%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.38, 44.62, -55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.38, 71.00, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.25% 0.0689 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(40.25% 0.173 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9833, 5.5997, 31.1204)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51289A #719A28

analogous

#28389A #51289A #8A289A

triadic

#51289A #9A5128 #289A51

tetradic

#51289A #9A2838 #719A28 #289A8A

square

#51289A #9A2838 #719A28 #289A8A

split-complementary

#51289A #9A8A28 #389A28

monochromatic

#1E0F39 #371B69 #51289A #6B35CA #8E65D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#51289A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#51289A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51289A

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51289A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51289A	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51289a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 40, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.173 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966b9',
    500: '#51289a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51289a;
$custom-light: #8966b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51289a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.579,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40248,
    "c": 0.17264,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51289A

secondary

#9CBD61

accent

#E246AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51289A

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

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