#51379C#51379C

#51379C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.156 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51379C
RGB	rgb(81, 55, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 64.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 36.97, -51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 63.23, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.0534 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.156 290)
XYZ	xyz(10.7586, 6.8816, 32.2075)
Luminance	0.0688 (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

#51379C #829C37

analogous

#37509C #51379C #84379C

triadic

#51379C #9C5137 #379C51

tetradic

#51379C #9C3750 #829C37 #379C84

square

#51379C #9C3750 #829C37 #379C84

split-complementary

#51379C #9C8437 #509C37

monochromatic

#221742 #3A276F #51379C #6C4FC1 #927CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#51379C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#51379C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51379C

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51379C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51379C	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51379c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 55, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.156 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fba',
    500: '#51379c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51379c;
$custom-light: #886fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51379c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.446,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42561,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.06882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51379C

secondary

#A8BA75

accent

#D750B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51379C

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

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