#851B89#851B89

#851B89 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.185 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851B89
RGB	rgb(133, 27, 137)
HSL	hsl(298, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(298, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.09, 56.07, -36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.09, 67.06, 326.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% 0.1544 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.185 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5799, 7.5776, 24.3568)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851B89 #1F891B

analogous

#4E1B89 #851B89 #891B56

triadic

#851B89 #89851B #1B8985

tetradic

#851B89 #894E1B #1F891B #1B5689

square

#851B89 #894E1B #1F891B #1B5689

split-complementary

#851B89 #56891B #1B894E

monochromatic

#220723 #531156 #851B89 #B725BC #D544DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#851B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#851B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851B89

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851B89	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#892F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 27, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.185 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac66ac',
    500: '#851b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851b89;
$custom-light: #ac66ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.818,
    "s": 67.073,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44777,
    "c": 0.18525,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851B89

secondary

#49BC44

accent

#EA3E44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #851B89

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

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