#851BAD#851BAD

#851BAD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.215 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#851BAD
RGBrgb(133, 27, 173)
HSLhsl(284, 73%, 39%)
HSVhsv(284, 84%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(23.1%, 84.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(35.57, 62.72, -54.67)
CIE-LCHlch(35.57, 83.21, 318.92°)
OKLaboklab(47.31% 0.1489 -0.1547)
OKLCHoklch(47.31% 0.215 313.9)
XYZxyz(17.6063, 8.7882, 40.2959)
Luminance0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#851BAD #43AD1B
analogous
#3C1BAD #851BAD #AD1B8C
triadic
#851BAD #AD851B #1BAD85
tetradic
#851BAD #AD3C1B #43AD1B #1B8CAD
square
#851BAD #AD3C1B #43AD1B #1B8CAD
split-complementary
#851BAD #8CAD1B #1BAD3C
monochromatic
#340A43 #5C1378 #851BAD #AC28DD #C05DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62
#851BAD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76
#851BAD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851BAD
7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##851BAD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##851BAD1.007.622.767.62
#FFFFFF7.621.0021.001.00
#0000002.7621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004EB1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0156AA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#814167
Achromatopsia (no color)
#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #851bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 27, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.215 313.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad68c6',
    500: '#851bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #851bad;
$custom-light: #ad68c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#851bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.562,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47313,
    "c": 0.21475,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#851BAD
secondary
#79CA5A
accent
#F0386A
background
#FBF6FC
surface
#F6EBF8
border
#D0C6D1
text
#110713
muted
#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #851BAD

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#851BAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva