#51359E#51359E

#51359E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.161 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51359E
RGB	rgb(81, 53, 158)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 66.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 38.73, -52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 65.61, 306.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.0553 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.161 290)
XYZ	xyz(10.8362, 6.7637, 33.0757)
Luminance	0.0676 (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

#51359E #829E35

analogous

#354E9E #51359E #86359E

triadic

#51359E #9E5135 #359E51

tetradic

#51359E #9E354E #829E35 #359E86

square

#51359E #9E354E #829E35 #359E86

split-complementary

#51359E #9E8635 #4E9E35

monochromatic

#221642 #3A2670 #51359E #6C4DC3 #927BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#51359E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#51359E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51359E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51359E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51359E	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51359e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 53, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.161 290.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51359e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42413,
    "c": 0.16144,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.06764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51359E

secondary

#A8BB73

accent

#D94FB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51359E

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

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