#51289F#51289F

#51289F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.178 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51289F
RGB	rgb(81, 40, 159)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 74.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.82, 46.01, -57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.82, 73.68, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0677 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.178 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4084, 5.7697, 33.3594)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51289F #769F28

analogous

#283B9F #51289F #8D289F

triadic

#51289F #9F5128 #289F51

tetradic

#51289F #9F283B #769F28 #289F8D

square

#51289F #9F283B #769F28 #289F8D

split-complementary

#51289F #9F8D28 #3B9F28

monochromatic

#1F0F3D #381C6E #51289F #6B37CD #8F68D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#51289F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#51289F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51289F

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51289F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51289F	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51289f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 40, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.178 292.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51289f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.672,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40699,
    "c": 0.17845,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51289F

secondary

#A0BF64

accent

#E345AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51289F

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

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