#851B76#851B76

#851B76 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.171 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851B76
RGB	rgb(133, 27, 118)
HSL	hsl(308, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(308, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 11.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 52.97, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 59.28, 333.32°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% 0.1544 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.171 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3350, 7.0796, 17.8002)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851B76 #1B852A

analogous

#5F1B85 #851B76 #851B41

triadic

#851B76 #76851B #1B7685

tetradic

#851B76 #855F1B #1B852A #1B4185

square

#851B76 #855F1B #1B852A #1B4185

split-complementary

#851B76 #41851B #1B855F

monochromatic

#1F061C #521149 #851B76 #B825A3 #D942C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#851B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#851B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851B76

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851B76	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C2547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 27, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.171 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac659e',
    500: '#851b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851b76;
$custom-light: #ac659e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.491,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43638,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851B76

secondary

#44B854

accent

#E9573F

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #851B76

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

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