#51359D#51359D

#51359D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.160 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51359D
RGB	rgb(81, 53, 157)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 66.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 38.43, -52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 65.05, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.0554 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.16 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7505, 6.7294, 32.6242)
Luminance	0.0673 (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

#51359D #819D35

analogous

#354D9D #51359D #85359D

triadic

#51359D #9D5135 #359D51

tetradic

#51359D #9D354D #819D35 #359D85

square

#51359D #9D354D #819D35 #359D85

split-complementary

#51359D #9D8535 #4D9D35

monochromatic

#221641 #39266F #51359D #6C4CC3 #927AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#51359D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#51359D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51359D

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51359D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51359D	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51359d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 53, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.160 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ebb',
    500: '#51359d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51359d;
$custom-light: #896ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51359d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4233,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51359D

secondary

#A8BB73

accent

#D94FB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51359D

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

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