#51389C#51389C

#51389C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.155 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51389C
RGB	rgb(81, 56, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 36.38, -50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 62.60, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.0523 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.155 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8066, 6.9776, 32.2234)
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

#51389C #839C38

analogous

#38519C #51389C #83389C

triadic

#51389C #9C5138 #389C51

tetradic

#51389C #9C3851 #839C38 #389C83

square

#51389C #9C3851 #839C38 #389C83

split-complementary

#51389C #9C8338 #519C38

monochromatic

#221842 #3A286F #51389C #6D51C0 #927ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#51389C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#51389C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51389C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51389C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51389C	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51389c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 56, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.155 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870ba',
    500: '#51389c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51389c;
$custom-light: #8870ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51389c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4272,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51389C

secondary

#A9BA76

accent

#D751B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51389C

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

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