#51377E#51377E

#51377E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.116 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51377E
RGB	rgb(81, 55, 126)
HSL	hsl(262, 39%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 56.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, 28.20, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 45.94, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.0543 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.116 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5245, 5.9880, 20.4413)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51377E #647E37

analogous

#37407E #51377E #74377E

triadic

#51377E #7E5137 #377E51

tetradic

#51377E #7E3740 #647E37 #377E74

square

#51377E #7E3740 #647E37 #377E74

split-complementary

#51377E #7E7437 #407E37

monochromatic

#1A1229 #362453 #51377E #6C4AA9 #8D6FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#51377E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#51377E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51377E

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51377E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51377E	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21447C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51377e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 55, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.116 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fa4',
    500: '#51377e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51377e;
$custom-light: #856fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51377e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.972,
    "s": 39.227,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40299,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51377E

secondary

#91A968

accent

#CF59A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51377E

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

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