#851C8A#851C8A

#851C8A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.185 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851C8A
RGB	rgb(133, 28, 138)
HSL	hsl(297, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(297, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 79.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 55.95, -37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 67.16, 326.43°)
OKLab	oklab(44.91% 0.1536 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(44.91% 0.185 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6753, 7.6531, 24.7441)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851C8A #218A1C

analogous

#4E1C8A #851C8A #8A1C58

triadic

#851C8A #8A851C #1C8A85

tetradic

#851C8A #8A4E1C #218A1C #1C588A

square

#851C8A #8A4E1C #218A1C #1C588A

split-complementary

#851C8A #588A1C #1C8A4E

monochromatic

#230724 #541257 #851C8A #B626BD #D347DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#851C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#851C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851C8A

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851C8A	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#883053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 28, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.185 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac66ad',
    500: '#851c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851c8a;
$custom-light: #ac66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44912,
    "c": 0.18511,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851C8A

secondary

#4CBB46

accent

#E93F46

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #851C8A

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

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