#51289D#51289D

#51289D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.176 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51289D
RGB	rgb(81, 40, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 74.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.64, 45.45, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.64, 72.61, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.0682 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.176 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2362, 5.7009, 32.4528)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51289D #749D28

analogous

#28399D #51289D #8B289D

triadic

#51289D #9D5128 #289D51

tetradic

#51289D #9D2839 #749D28 #289D8B

square

#51289D #9D2839 #749D28 #289D8B

split-complementary

#51289D #9D8B28 #399D28

monochromatic

#1F0F3B #381C6C #51289D #6B36CC #8F67D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#51289D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#51289D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51289D

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51289D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51289D	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51289d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 40, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.176 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966bb',
    500: '#51289d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51289d;
$custom-light: #8966bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51289d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.026,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40517,
    "c": 0.17614,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51289D

secondary

#9EBE62

accent

#E345AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51289D

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

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