#51407E#51407E

#51407E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.101 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51407E
RGB	rgb(81, 64, 126)
HSL	hsl(256, 33%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 49%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 49.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 22.53, -32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 39.70, 304.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.0415 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.101 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9917, 6.9223, 20.5970)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51407E #6D7E40

analogous

#404E7E #51407E #70407E

triadic

#51407E #7E5140 #407E51

tetradic

#51407E #7E404E #6D7E40 #407E70

square

#51407E #7E404E #6D7E40 #407E70

split-complementary

#51407E #7E7040 #4E7E40

monochromatic

#1D172D #372B55 #51407E #6B55A7 #8E7CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#51407E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#51407E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51407E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51407E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51407E	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B4B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E497D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51407e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 64, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.101 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8475a4',
    500: '#51407e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51407e;
$custom-light: #8475a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51407e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.452,
    "s": 32.632,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41973,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51407E

secondary

#99A773

accent

#C95FAC

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51407E

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

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