#51397A#51397A

#51397A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.107 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51397A
RGB	rgb(81, 57, 122)
HSL	hsl(262, 36%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 53.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.61, 25.82, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.61, 42.21, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.0512 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.107 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3685, 6.0806, 19.1414)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51397A #627A39

analogous

#39417A #51397A #72397A

triadic

#51397A #7A5139 #397A51

tetradic

#51397A #7A3941 #627A39 #397A72

square

#51397A #7A3941 #627A39 #397A72

split-complementary

#51397A #7A7239 #417A39

monochromatic

#1A1227 #352650 #51397A #6D4CA4 #8D71BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#51397A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#51397A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51397A

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51397A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51397A	1.00	9.48	2.22	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22467C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#284578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51397a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 57, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.107 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470a1',
    500: '#51397a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51397a;
$custom-light: #8470a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51397a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.154,
    "s": 36.313,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4039,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51397A

secondary

#8FA669

accent

#CC5BA3

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51397A

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

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