#851B8A#851B8A

#851B8A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.186 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851B8A
RGB	rgb(133, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(297, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(297, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.15, 56.24, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.15, 67.49, 326.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.1544 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.186 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6520, 7.6064, 24.7363)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851B8A #208A1B

analogous

#4D1B8A #851B8A #8A1B58

triadic

#851B8A #8A851B #1B8A85

tetradic

#851B8A #8A4D1B #208A1B #1B588A

square

#851B8A #8A4D1B #208A1B #1B588A

split-complementary

#851B8A #588A1B #1B8A4D

monochromatic

#220724 #541157 #851B8A #B625BD #D445DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#851B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#851B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851B8A

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851B8A	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#893053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.186 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac66ad',
    500: '#851b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851b8a;
$custom-light: #ac66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.297,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44841,
    "c": 0.18604,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851B8A

secondary

#4ABC45

accent

#EA3E45

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #851B8A

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

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