#51359A#51359A

#51359A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.156 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51359A
RGB	rgb(81, 53, 154)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 65.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 37.54, -51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 63.36, 306.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.0558 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.156 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4975, 6.6283, 31.2919)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51359A #7E9A35

analogous

#354B9A #51359A #83359A

triadic

#51359A #9A5135 #359A51

tetradic

#51359A #9A354B #7E9A35 #359A83

square

#51359A #9A354B #7E9A35 #359A83

split-complementary

#51359A #9A8335 #4B9A35

monochromatic

#21163F #39256C #51359A #6C4BC1 #9179D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#51359A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#51359A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51359A

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51359A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51359A	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51359a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 53, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.156 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886eb9',
    500: '#51359a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51359a;
$custom-light: #886eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51359a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.634,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42084,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51359A

secondary

#A5B971

accent

#D84FB2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51359A

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

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