#51299B#51299B

#51299B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.173 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51299B
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 44.39, -55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 70.99, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0678 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.173 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1010, 5.7014, 31.5723)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51299B #739B29

analogous

#293A9B #51299B #8A299B

triadic

#51299B #9B5129 #299B51

tetradic

#51299B #9B293A #739B29 #299B8A

square

#51299B #9B293A #739B29 #299B8A

split-complementary

#51299B #9B8A29 #3A9B29

monochromatic

#1E0F3A #381C6B #51299B #6B37CA #8F67D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#51299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#51299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51299B

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51299B	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.173 293.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.053,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40464,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51299B

secondary

#9DBD63

accent

#E146AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51299B

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

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