#51389E#51389E

#51389E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.157 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51389E
RGB	rgb(81, 56, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 64.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 36.98, -51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 63.73, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.0521 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.157 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9773, 7.0459, 33.1227)
Luminance	0.0705 (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

#51389E #859E38

analogous

#38529E #51389E #84389E

triadic

#51389E #9E5138 #389E51

tetradic

#51389E #9E3852 #859E38 #389E84

square

#51389E #9E3852 #859E38 #389E84

split-complementary

#51389E #9E8438 #529E38

monochromatic

#231844 #3A2871 #51389E #6D52C2 #937FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#51389E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#51389E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51389E

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51389E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51389E	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#385066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51389e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 56, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.157 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870bb',
    500: '#51389e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51389e;
$custom-light: #8870bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51389e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.706,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42882,
    "c": 0.15744,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51389E

secondary

#AABB77

accent

#D751B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51389E

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

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