#51389A#51389A

#51389A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.152 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51389A
RGB	rgb(81, 56, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 63.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 35.78, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 61.47, 305.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.0524 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.152 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6386, 6.9104, 31.3389)
Luminance	0.0691 (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

#51389A #819A38

analogous

#38509A #51389A #82389A

triadic

#51389A #9A5138 #389A51

tetradic

#51389A #9A3850 #819A38 #389A82

square

#51389A #9A3850 #819A38 #389A82

split-complementary

#51389A #9A8238 #509A38

monochromatic

#221740 #39286D #51389A #6C50BF #927DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#51389A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#51389A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51389A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51389A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51389A	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51389a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 56, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.152 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870b8',
    500: '#51389a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51389a;
$custom-light: #8870b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51389a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.306,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4256,
    "c": 0.15223,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51389A

secondary

#A8B975

accent

#D651B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51389A

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

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