#851B84#851B84

#851B84 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.181 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851B84
RGB	rgb(133, 27, 132)
HSL	hsl(301, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(301, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 0.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, 55.22, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 64.93, 328.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% 0.1547 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.181 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.2295, 7.4374, 22.5114)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851B84 #1B851C

analogous

#511B85 #851B84 #851B4F

triadic

#851B84 #84851B #1B8485

tetradic

#851B84 #85511B #1B851C #1B4F85

square

#851B84 #85511B #1B851C #1B4F85

split-complementary

#851B84 #4F851B #1B8551

monochromatic

#1F061F #521152 #851B84 #B825B6 #D942D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#851B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#851B84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851B84

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851B84	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A2D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 27, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.181 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac65a8',
    500: '#851b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851b84;
$custom-light: #ac65a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.566,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44463,
    "c": 0.18133,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851B84

secondary

#44B845

accent

#E9403F

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #851B84

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

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