#851A8D#851A8D

#851A8D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.189 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851A8D
RGB	rgb(133, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(296, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(296, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 57.05, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 69.10, 325.64°)
OKLab	oklab(44.97% 0.1549 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(44.97% 0.189 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8496, 7.6494, 25.8885)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851A8D #228D1A

analogous

#4B1A8D #851A8D #8D1A5B

triadic

#851A8D #8D851A #1A8D85

tetradic

#851A8D #8D4B1A #228D1A #1A5B8D

square

#851A8D #8D4B1A #228D1A #1A5B8D

split-complementary

#851A8D #5B8D1A #1A8D4B

monochromatic

#240726 #541059 #851A8D #B624C1 #D245DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#851A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#851A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851A8D

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851A8D	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34528A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#883154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.189 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac65af',
    500: '#851a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851a8d;
$custom-light: #ac65af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.826,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44968,
    "c": 0.18931,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851A8D

secondary

#4DBE45

accent

#EC3C48

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #851A8D

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

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