#51399F#51399F

#51399F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.157 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51399F
RGB	rgb(81, 57, 159)
HSL	hsl(254, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 64.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 36.69, -52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 63.66, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% 0.0509 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.157 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1127, 7.1783, 33.5942)
Luminance	0.0718 (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

#51399F #879F39

analogous

#39549F #51399F #84399F

triadic

#51399F #9F5139 #399F51

tetradic

#51399F #9F3954 #879F39 #399F84

square

#51399F #9F3954 #879F39 #399F84

split-complementary

#51399F #9F8439 #549F39

monochromatic

#231945 #3A2972 #51399F #6E54C2 #9481D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#51399F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#51399F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51399F

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51399F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51399F	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51399f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 57, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.157 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971bc',
    500: '#51399f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51399f;
$custom-light: #8971bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51399f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 47.222,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43123,
    "c": 0.1574,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51399F

secondary

#ACBB78

accent

#D751B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51399F

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

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