#51297E#51297E

#51297E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.138 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51297E
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 67.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.28, 36.44, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.28, 55.06, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.0727 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.138 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9513, 4.8415, 20.2502)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51297E #567E29

analogous

#292C7E #51297E #7B297E

triadic

#51297E #7E5129 #297E51

tetradic

#51297E #7E292C #567E29 #297E7B

square

#51297E #7E292C #567E29 #297E7B

split-complementary

#51297E #7E7B29 #2C7E29

monochromatic

#160B22 #331A50 #51297E #6F38AC #8D59C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#51297E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#51297E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51297E

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51297E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51297E	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51297e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.138 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665a4',
    500: '#51297e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51297e;
$custom-light: #8665a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51297e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 50.898,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38033,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51297E

secondary

#84AE55

accent

#DA4D98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51297E

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

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