#851C8B#851C8B

#851C8B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.186 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851C8B
RGB	rgb(133, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(297, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(297, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, 56.13, -37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 67.59, 326.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.98% 0.1535 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(44.98% 0.186 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7480, 7.6821, 25.1271)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851C8B #228B1C

analogous

#4E1C8B #851C8B #8B1C59

triadic

#851C8B #8B851C #1C8B85

tetradic

#851C8B #8B4E1C #228B1C #1C598B

square

#851C8B #8B4E1C #228B1C #1C598B

split-complementary

#851C8B #598B1C #1C8B4E

monochromatic

#240725 #541258 #851C8B #B626BE #D247DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#851C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#851C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851C8B

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851C8B	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#883154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.186 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac66ad',
    500: '#851c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851c8b;
$custom-light: #ac66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.757,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44977,
    "c": 0.18591,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851C8B

secondary

#4DBC47

accent

#E93E48

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #851C8B

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

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