#51297F#51297F

#51297F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.139 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51297F
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 127)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 67.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.35, 36.71, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.35, 55.61, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% 0.0726 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.139 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0161, 4.8675, 20.5918)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51297F #577F29

analogous

#292C7F #51297F #7C297F

triadic

#51297F #7F5129 #297F51

tetradic

#51297F #7F292C #577F29 #297F7C

square

#51297F #7F292C #577F29 #297F7C

split-complementary

#51297F #7F7C29 #2C7F29

monochromatic

#160B22 #331A51 #51297F #6F38AD #8D59C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#51297F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#51297F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51297F

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51297F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51297F	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51297f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.139 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665a5',
    500: '#51297f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51297f;
$custom-light: #8665a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51297f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.907,
    "s": 51.19,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38111,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51297F

secondary

#85AF55

accent

#DB4D99

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51297F

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

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