#51409D#51409D

#51409D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.145 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51409D
RGB	rgb(81, 64, 157)
HSL	hsl(251, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 59.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, 31.85, -48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 57.98, 303.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% 0.0431 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.145 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3108, 7.8500, 32.8110)
Luminance	0.0785 (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

#51409D #8C9D40

analogous

#405D9D #51409D #7F409D

triadic

#51409D #9D5140 #409D51

tetradic

#51409D #9D405D #8C9D40 #409D7F

square

#51409D #9D405D #8C9D40 #409D7F

split-complementary

#51409D #9D7F40 #5D9D40

monochromatic

#241D46 #3B2E72 #51409D #6F5DBD #9589CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#51409D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#51409D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51409D

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51409D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51409D	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#385568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51409d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 64, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.145 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8875bb',
    500: '#51409d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51409d;
$custom-light: #8875bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51409d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.968,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44143,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51409D

secondary

#AFB97F

accent

#D256BB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51409D

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

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