#51299A#51299A

#51299A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.171 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51299A
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 154)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, 44.12, -54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 70.45, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.068 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.171 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0174, 5.6680, 31.1318)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51299A #729A29

analogous

#29399A #51299A #89299A

triadic

#51299A #9A5129 #299A51

tetradic

#51299A #9A2939 #729A29 #299A89

square

#51299A #9A2939 #729A29 #299A89

split-complementary

#51299A #9A8929 #399A29

monochromatic

#1E0F39 #381C6A #51299A #6B37CA #8E67D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#51299A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#51299A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51299A

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51299A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51299A	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51299a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.171 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967b9',
    500: '#51299a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51299a;
$custom-light: #8967b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51299a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.239,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40375,
    "c": 0.17149,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51299A

secondary

#9DBD62

accent

#E147AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51299A

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

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