#51398E#51398E

#51398E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.135 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51398E
RGB	rgb(81, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 31.61, -43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 53.93, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% 0.0519 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.135 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7376, 6.6283, 26.3523)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51398E #768E39

analogous

#394C8E #51398E #7C398E

triadic

#51398E #8E5139 #398E51

tetradic

#51398E #8E394C #768E39 #398E7C

square

#51398E #8E394C #768E39 #398E7C

split-complementary

#51398E #8E7C39 #4C8E39

monochromatic

#1F1637 #382762 #51398E #6B4DB7 #8F78C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#51398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#51398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51398E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51398E	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#014A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.135 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670b0',
    500: '#51398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51398e;
$custom-light: #8670b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.941,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.418,
    "c": 0.13482,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51398E

secondary

#A0B271

accent

#D255AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51398E

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

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