#51297A#51297A

#51297A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.133 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51297A
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 50%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.98, 35.38, -39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.98, 52.82, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.073 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.133 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6983, 4.7404, 18.9180)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51297A #527A29

analogous

#29297A #51297A #7A297A

triadic

#51297A #7A5129 #297A51

tetradic

#51297A #7A2929 #527A29 #297A7A

square

#51297A #7A2929 #527A29 #297A7A

split-complementary

#51297A #7A7A29 #297A29

monochromatic

#140A1E #331A4C #51297A #6F38A8 #8E57C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#51297A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#51297A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51297A

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51297A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51297A	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51297a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.133 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565a1',
    500: '#51297a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51297a;
$custom-light: #8565a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51297a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.63,
    "s": 49.693,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37725,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51297A

secondary

#80AC53

accent

#D94F95

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51297A

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

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