#851B87#851B87

#851B87 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.184 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851B87
RGB	rgb(133, 27, 135)
HSL	hsl(299, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 80%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.96, 55.73, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.96, 66.20, 327.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% 0.1546 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.184 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4378, 7.5207, 23.6082)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851B87 #1D871B

analogous

#4F1B87 #851B87 #871B53

triadic

#851B87 #87851B #1B8785

tetradic

#851B87 #874F1B #1D871B #1B5387

square

#851B87 #874F1B #1D871B #1B5387

split-complementary

#851B87 #53871B #1B874F

monochromatic

#210721 #531154 #851B87 #B725BA #D743D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#851B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#851B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851B87

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851B87	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#892E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 27, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.184 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac66aa',
    500: '#851b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851b87;
$custom-light: #ac66aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.889,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4465,
    "c": 0.18368,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851B87

secondary

#46BA44

accent

#EA3E41

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #851B87

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

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