#51308F#51308F

#51308F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.149 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51308F
RGB	rgb(81, 48, 143)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 66.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.02, 37.22, -47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.02, 60.29, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0626 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.149 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4069, 5.8462, 26.6141)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51308F #6E8F30

analogous

#303F8F #51308F #80308F

triadic

#51308F #8F5130 #308F51

tetradic

#51308F #8F303F #6E8F30 #308F80

square

#51308F #8F303F #6E8F30 #308F80

split-complementary

#51308F #8F8030 #3F8F30

monochromatic

#1D1133 #372161 #51308F #6B3FBD #8E6CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#51308F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#51308F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51308F

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51308F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51308F	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51308f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 48, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.149 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ab0',
    500: '#51308f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51308f;
$custom-light: #876ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51308f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.842,
    "s": 49.738,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40422,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51308F

secondary

#99B566

accent

#D94FA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51308F

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

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