#51357B#51357B

#51357B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.115 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51357B
RGB	rgb(81, 53, 123)
HSL	hsl(264, 40%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 57%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 56.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 28.59, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 45.55, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.74% 0.057 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(39.74% 0.115 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2407, 5.7255, 19.4060)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 10.09

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51357B #5F7B35

analogous

#353C7B #51357B #74357B

triadic

#51357B #7B5135 #357B51

tetradic

#51357B #7B353C #5F7B35 #357B74

square

#51357B #7B353C #5F7B35 #357B74

split-complementary

#51357B #7B7435 #3C7B35

monochromatic

#191025 #352350 #51357B #6D47A6 #8D6BBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#51357B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#51357B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51357B

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51357B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51357B	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19447D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51357b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 53, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.115 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856da2',
    500: '#51357b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51357b;
$custom-light: #856da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51357b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 39.773,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39739,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51357B

secondary

#8DA864

accent

#D058A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51357B

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

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