#851B97#851B97

#851B97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.197 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851B97
RGB	rgb(133, 27, 151)
HSL	hsl(291, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(291, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 82.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.99, 58.56, -43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.99, 73.20, 323.12°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% 0.1531 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.197 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6501, 8.0057, 29.9931)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851B97 #2D971B

analogous

#471B97 #851B97 #971B6B

triadic

#851B97 #97851B #1B9785

tetradic

#851B97 #97471B #2D971B #1B6B97

square

#851B97 #97471B #2D971B #1B6B97

split-complementary

#851B97 #6B971B #1B9747

monochromatic

#2A082F #571263 #851B97 #B324CB #CA4DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#851B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#851B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851B97

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851B97	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C5494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86365A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 27, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.197 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad66b6',
    500: '#851b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851b97;
$custom-light: #ad66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.29,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45709,
    "c": 0.1965,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851B97

secondary

#5DC14C

accent

#EC3B55

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #851B97

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

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