#51299F#51299F

#51299F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.177 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51299F
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 159)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 74.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 45.51, -57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 73.14, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.0668 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.177 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4425, 5.8380, 33.3708)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51299F #779F29

analogous

#293C9F #51299F #8C299F

triadic

#51299F #9F5129 #299F51

tetradic

#51299F #9F293C #779F29 #299F8C

square

#51299F #9F293C #779F29 #299F8C

split-complementary

#51299F #9F8C29 #3C9F29

monochromatic

#1F103E #381C6E #51299F #6B39CC #8F6AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#51299F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#51299F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51299F

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51299F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51299F	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51299f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.177 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67bc',
    500: '#51299f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51299f;
$custom-light: #8a67bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51299f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.339,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40823,
    "c": 0.17734,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51299F

secondary

#A0BF65

accent

#E246AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51299F

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

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