#51299D#51299D

#51299D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.175 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51299D
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.82, 44.95, -56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.82, 72.07, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0673 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.175 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2704, 5.7692, 32.4642)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51299D #759D29

analogous

#293B9D #51299D #8B299D

triadic

#51299D #9D5129 #299D51

tetradic

#51299D #9D293B #759D29 #299D8B

square

#51299D #9D293B #759D29 #299D8B

split-complementary

#51299D #9D8B29 #3B9D29

monochromatic

#1F103C #381C6C #51299D #6B38CB #8F69D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#51299D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#51299D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51299D

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51299D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51299D	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51299d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.175 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967bb',
    500: '#51299d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51299d;
$custom-light: #8967bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51299d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40643,
    "c": 0.175,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51299D

secondary

#9FBE64

accent

#E246AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51299D

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

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