#51379F#51379F

#51379F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.160 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51379F
RGB	rgb(81, 55, 159)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 65.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 37.87, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 64.92, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.0531 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.16 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0157, 6.9845, 33.5619)
Luminance	0.0698 (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

#51379F #859F37

analogous

#37519F #51379F #85379F

triadic

#51379F #9F5137 #379F51

tetradic

#51379F #9F3751 #859F37 #379F85

square

#51379F #9F3751 #859F37 #379F85

split-complementary

#51379F #9F8537 #519F37

monochromatic

#231844 #3A2772 #51379F #6D51C3 #937ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#51379F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#51379F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51379F

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51379F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51379F	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51379f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 55, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.160 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896fbc',
    500: '#51379f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51379f;
$custom-light: #896fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51379f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42805,
    "c": 0.16008,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51379F

secondary

#AABC76

accent

#D850B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51379F

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

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