#851B74#851B74

#851B74 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.169 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851B74
RGB	rgb(133, 27, 116)
HSL	hsl(310, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(310, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 12.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 52.66, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 58.52, 334.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.1543 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.169 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2174, 7.0326, 17.1809)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851B74 #1B852C

analogous

#611B85 #851B74 #851B3F

triadic

#851B74 #74851B #1B7485

tetradic

#851B74 #85611B #1B852C #1B3F85

square

#851B74 #85611B #1B852C #1B3F85

split-complementary

#851B74 #3F851B #1B8561

monochromatic

#1F061B #521148 #851B74 #B825A0 #D942C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#851B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#851B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851B74

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851B74	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C2446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 27, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.169 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac659c',
    500: '#851b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851b74;
$custom-light: #ac659c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.623,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43527,
    "c": 0.16933,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851B74

secondary

#44B856

accent

#E95A3F

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #851B74

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

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