#51387E#51387E

#51387E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.114 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51387E
RGB	rgb(81, 56, 126)
HSL	hsl(261, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 55.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 27.58, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 45.26, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.0529 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.114 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5725, 6.0839, 20.4573)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51387E #657E38

analogous

#38427E #51387E #74387E

triadic

#51387E #7E5138 #387E51

tetradic

#51387E #7E3842 #657E38 #387E74

square

#51387E #7E3842 #657E38 #387E74

split-complementary

#51387E #7E7438 #427E38

monochromatic

#1B1229 #362554 #51387E #6C4BA8 #8D71C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#51387E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#51387E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51387E

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51387E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51387E	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23457C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51387e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 56, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.114 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fa4',
    500: '#51387e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51387e;
$custom-light: #856fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51387e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40478,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51387E

secondary

#92A969

accent

#CE59A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51387E

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

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