#51369E#51369E

#51369E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.160 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51369E
RGB	rgb(81, 54, 158)
HSL	hsl(256, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 65.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 38.15, -52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 64.99, 305.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.0542 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.16 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8823, 6.8559, 33.0910)
Luminance	0.0686 (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

#51369E #839E36

analogous

#364F9E #51369E #85369E

triadic

#51369E #9E5136 #369E51

tetradic

#51369E #9E364F #839E36 #369E85

square

#51369E #9E364F #839E36 #369E85

split-complementary

#51369E #9E8536 #4F9E36

monochromatic

#221743 #3A2670 #51369E #6D4FC3 #927CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#51369E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#51369E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51369E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51369E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51369E	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51369e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 54, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.160 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896fbb',
    500: '#51369e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51369e;
$custom-light: #896fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51369e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.577,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42567,
    "c": 0.16012,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51369E

secondary

#A9BB74

accent

#D94FB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51369E

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

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