#51299C#51299C

#51299C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.174 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51299C
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 156)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 73.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 44.67, -55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 71.53, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.0675 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.174 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1854, 5.7352, 32.0164)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51299C #749C29

analogous

#293A9C #51299C #8A299C

triadic

#51299C #9C5129 #299C51

tetradic

#51299C #9C293A #749C29 #299C8A

square

#51299C #9C293A #749C29 #299C8A

split-complementary

#51299C #9C8A29 #3A9C29

monochromatic

#1F103B #381C6C #51299C #6B38CB #8F68D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#51299C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#51299C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51299C

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51299C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51299C	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51299c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.174 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967ba',
    500: '#51299c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51299c;
$custom-light: #8967ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51299c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40553,
    "c": 0.17384,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51299C

secondary

#9EBE63

accent

#E246AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51299C

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

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