#51289E#51289E

#51289E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.177 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51289E
RGB	rgb(81, 40, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 45.73, -57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 73.14, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.068 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.177 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3220, 5.7352, 32.9043)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51289E #759E28

analogous

#283A9E #51289E #8C289E

triadic

#51289E #9E5128 #289E51

tetradic

#51289E #9E283A #759E28 #289E8C

square

#51289E #9E283A #759E28 #289E8C

split-complementary

#51289E #9E8C28 #3A9E28

monochromatic

#1F0F3C #381C6D #51289E #6B37CC #8F68D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#51289E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#51289E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51289E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51289E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51289E	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51289e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 40, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.177 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66bc',
    500: '#51289e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51289e;
$custom-light: #8a66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51289e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.847,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40608,
    "c": 0.17729,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51289E

secondary

#9FBF63

accent

#E345AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51289E

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

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