#51289C#51289C

#51289C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.175 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51289C
RGB	rgb(81, 40, 156)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, 45.17, -56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 72.07, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.0684 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.175 293)
XYZ	xyz(10.1512, 5.6669, 32.0050)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51289C #739C28

analogous

#28399C #51289C #8B289C

triadic

#51289C #9C5128 #289C51

tetradic

#51289C #9C2839 #739C28 #289C8B

square

#51289C #9C2839 #739C28 #289C8B

split-complementary

#51289C #9C8B28 #399C28

monochromatic

#1E0F3B #381C6B #51289C #6B36CB #8F67D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#51289C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#51289C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51289C

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51289C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51289C	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)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51289c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 40, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.175 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966ba',
    500: '#51289c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51289c;
$custom-light: #8966ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51289c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.207,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40427,
    "c": 0.17497,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51289C

secondary

#9DBE62

accent

#E245AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51289C

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

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