#51379E#51379E

#51379E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.159 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51379E
RGB	rgb(81, 55, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 65.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 37.57, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 64.36, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.0532 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.159 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9293, 6.9499, 33.1067)
Luminance	0.0695 (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

#51379E #849E37

analogous

#37509E #51379E #85379E

triadic

#51379E #9E5137 #379E51

tetradic

#51379E #9E3750 #849E37 #379E85

square

#51379E #9E3750 #849E37 #379E85

split-complementary

#51379E #9E8537 #509E37

monochromatic

#221743 #3A2771 #51379E #6D50C2 #937DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#51379E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#51379E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51379E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51379E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51379E	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#385065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51379e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 55, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.159 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896fbb',
    500: '#51379e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51379e;
$custom-light: #896fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51379e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.146,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42724,
    "c": 0.15879,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51379E

secondary

#AABB76

accent

#D850B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51379E

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

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