#51297D#51297D

#51297D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.137 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51297D
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 67.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 36.17, -40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 54.50, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.0728 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.137 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8871, 4.8159, 19.9121)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51297D #557D29

analogous

#292B7D #51297D #7B297D

triadic

#51297D #7D5129 #297D51

tetradic

#51297D #7D292B #557D29 #297D7B

square

#51297D #7D292B #557D29 #297D7B

split-complementary

#51297D #7D7B29 #2B7D29

monochromatic

#150B21 #331A4F #51297D #6F38AB #8E58C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#51297D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#51297D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51297D

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51297D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51297D	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51297d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.137 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665a3',
    500: '#51297d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51297d;
$custom-light: #8665a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51297d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 50.602,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37955,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51297D

secondary

#83AE54

accent

#DA4E97

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51297D

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

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