#51429C#51429C

#51429C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.141 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51429C
RGB	rgb(81, 66, 156)
HSL	hsl(250, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(250, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 57.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, 30.30, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 56.08, 302.71°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% 0.0408 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.141 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3406, 8.0456, 32.4015)
Luminance	0.0805 (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

#51429C #8D9C42

analogous

#42609C #51429C #7E429C

triadic

#51429C #9C5142 #429C51

tetradic

#51429C #9C4260 #8D9C42 #429C7E

square

#51429C #9C4260 #8D9C42 #429C7E

split-complementary

#51429C #9C7E42 #609C42

monochromatic

#241E46 #3B3071 #51429C #6F60BC #968BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#51429C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#51429C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51429C

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51429C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51429C	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06529F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#385668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51429c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 66, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.141 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777ba',
    500: '#51429c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51429c;
$custom-light: #8777ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51429c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44422,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51429C

secondary

#AFB981

accent

#D057BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #51429C

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

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