#851D8A#851D8A

#851D8A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.184 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851D8A
RGB	rgb(133, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(297, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(297, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 55.66, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 66.82, 326.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% 0.1527 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.184 326)
XYZ	xyz(14.6994, 7.7013, 24.7521)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851D8A #228A1D

analogous

#4F1D8A #851D8A #8A1D58

triadic

#851D8A #8A851D #1D8A85

tetradic

#851D8A #8A4F1D #228A1D #1D588A

square

#851D8A #8A4F1D #228A1D #1D588A

split-complementary

#851D8A #588A1D #1D8A4F

monochromatic

#240825 #541257 #851D8A #B628BD #D249D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#851D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#851D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851D8A

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851D8A	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#883153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.184 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac66ad',
    500: '#851d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851d8a;
$custom-light: #ac66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.248,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44986,
    "c": 0.18416,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851D8A

secondary

#4DBB48

accent

#E84047

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #851D8A

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

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