#851A8B#851A8B

#851A8B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.188 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851A8B
RGB	rgb(133, 26, 139)
HSL	hsl(297, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(297, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 81.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 56.70, -37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 68.24, 326.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.1551 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.188 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7021, 7.5904, 25.1118)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851A8B #208B1A

analogous

#4C1A8B #851A8B #8B1A59

triadic

#851A8B #8B851A #1A8B85

tetradic

#851A8B #8B4C1A #208B1A #1A598B

square

#851A8B #8B4C1A #208B1A #1A598B

split-complementary

#851A8B #598B1A #1A8B4C

monochromatic

#220724 #541057 #851A8B #B624BF #D443DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#851A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#851A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851A8B

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851A8B	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#883053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 26, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.188 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac65ad',
    500: '#851a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851a8b;
$custom-light: #ac65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.814,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44837,
    "c": 0.18773,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851A8B

secondary

#4ABD44

accent

#EB3C46

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #851A8B

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

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