#51369F#51369F

#51369F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.161 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51369F
RGB	rgb(81, 54, 159)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 66%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 38.45, -53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 65.55, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% 0.0541 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.161 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9687, 6.8904, 33.5462)
Luminance	0.0689 (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

#51369F #849F36

analogous

#364F9F #51369F #86369F

triadic

#51369F #9F5136 #369F51

tetradic

#51369F #9F364F #849F36 #369F86

square

#51369F #9F364F #849F36 #369F86

split-complementary

#51369F #9F8636 #4F9F36

monochromatic

#221744 #3A2671 #51369F #6D4FC3 #937DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#51369F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#51369F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51369F

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51369F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51369F	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51369f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 54, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.161 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896fbc',
    500: '#51369f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51369f;
$custom-light: #896fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51369f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4265,
    "c": 0.1614,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51369F

secondary

#AABC75

accent

#D94FB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51369F

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

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