#51397B#51397B

#51397B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.109 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51397B
RGB	rgb(81, 57, 123)
HSL	hsl(262, 37%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 54%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 53.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.68, 26.10, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.68, 42.80, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0513 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.109 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4307, 6.1056, 19.4694)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51397B #637B39

analogous

#39427B #51397B #72397B

triadic

#51397B #7B5139 #397B51

tetradic

#51397B #7B3942 #637B39 #397B72

square

#51397B #7B3942 #637B39 #397B72

split-complementary

#51397B #7B7239 #427B39

monochromatic

#1A1227 #352651 #51397B #6D4CA5 #8D71BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#51397B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#51397B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51397B

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51397B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51397B	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21467D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51397b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 57, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.109 298.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51397b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40456,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51397B

secondary

#90A669

accent

#CD5BA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF3

border

#CAC7CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51397B

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

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