#51388E#51388E

#51388E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.136 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51388E
RGB	rgb(81, 56, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 60.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 32.22, -44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 54.59, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% 0.0531 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.136 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6887, 6.5304, 26.3360)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51388E #758E38

analogous

#384A8E #51388E #7C388E

triadic

#51388E #8E5138 #388E51

tetradic

#51388E #8E384A #758E38 #388E7C

square

#51388E #8E384A #758E38 #388E7C

split-complementary

#51388E #8E7C38 #4A8E38

monochromatic

#1F1536 #382762 #51388E #6B4BB8 #8F77C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#51388E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#51388E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51388E

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51388E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51388E	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51388e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 56, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.136 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670b0',
    500: '#51388e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51388e;
$custom-light: #8670b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51388e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.442,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41629,
    "c": 0.13632,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51388E

secondary

#9FB26F

accent

#D355AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51388E

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

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