#51297C#51297C

#51297C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.136 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51297C
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 124)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 66.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 35.91, -40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 53.94, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.0729 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.136 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8235, 4.7904, 19.5774)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51297C #547C29

analogous

#292A7C #51297C #7B297C

triadic

#51297C #7C5129 #297C51

tetradic

#51297C #7C292A #547C29 #297C7B

square

#51297C #7C292A #547C29 #297C7B

split-complementary

#51297C #7C7B29 #2A7C29

monochromatic

#150B20 #331A4E #51297C #6F38AA #8E58C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#51297C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#51297C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51297C

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51297C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51297C	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51297c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.136 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565a2',
    500: '#51297c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51297c;
$custom-light: #8565a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51297c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.916,
    "s": 50.303,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37878,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51297C

secondary

#82AD54

accent

#DA4E96

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51297C

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

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