#51318E#51318E

#51318E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.146 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51318E
RGB	rgb(81, 49, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 65.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 36.37, -46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 59.10, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0615 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.147 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3728, 5.8987, 26.2307)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51318E #6E8E31

analogous

#31408E #51318E #7F318E

triadic

#51318E #8E5131 #318E51

tetradic

#51318E #8E3140 #6E8E31 #318E7F

square

#51318E #8E3140 #6E8E31 #318E7F

split-complementary

#51318E #8E7F31 #408E31

monochromatic

#1D1233 #372161 #51318E #6B41BB #8E6DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#51318E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#51318E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51318E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51318E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51318E	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51318e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 49, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.146 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bb0',
    500: '#51318e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51318e;
$custom-light: #876bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51318e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.645,
    "s": 48.691,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40495,
    "c": 0.1465,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51318E

secondary

#99B467

accent

#D850A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51318E

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

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