#851B80#851B80

#851B80 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.178 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851B80
RGB	rgb(133, 27, 128)
HSL	hsl(303, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(303, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 3.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, 54.56, -32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 63.27, 329.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.22% 0.1547 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(44.22% 0.178 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9610, 7.3300, 21.0974)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851B80 #1B8520

analogous

#551B85 #851B80 #851B4B

triadic

#851B80 #80851B #1B8085

tetradic

#851B80 #85551B #1B8520 #1B4B85

square

#851B80 #85551B #1B8520 #1B4B85

split-complementary

#851B80 #4B851B #1B8555

monochromatic

#1F061E #52114F #851B80 #B825B1 #D942D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#851B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#851B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851B80

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851B80	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A4383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D517D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A2B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 27, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.178 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac65a5',
    500: '#851b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851b80;
$custom-light: #ac65a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.83,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44219,
    "c": 0.17825,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851B80

secondary

#44B849

accent

#E9473F

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #851B80

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

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