#51298E#51298E

#51298E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.157 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51298E
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.54, 40.79, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.54, 63.92, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.33% 0.0704 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(39.33% 0.157 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0675, 5.2880, 26.1289)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51298E #668E29

analogous

#29348E #51298E #83298E

triadic

#51298E #8E5129 #298E51

tetradic

#51298E #8E2934 #668E29 #298E83

square

#51298E #8E2934 #668E29 #298E83

split-complementary

#51298E #8E8329 #348E29

monochromatic

#1B0E2F #361B5F #51298E #6C37BD #8D60D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#51298E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#51298E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51298E

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51298E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51298E	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51298e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.157 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b0',
    500: '#51298e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51298e;
$custom-light: #8766b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51298e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.762,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39334,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51298E

secondary

#93B75C

accent

#DF49A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51298E

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

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