#851D8B#851D8B

#851D8B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.185 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#851D8B
RGB	rgb(133, 29, 139)
HSL	hsl(297, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(297, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 79.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, 55.83, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 67.25, 326.12°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% 0.1527 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.185 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.7721, 7.7304, 25.1351)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#851D8B #238B1D

analogous

#4E1D8B #851D8B #8B1D5A

triadic

#851D8B #8B851D #1D8B85

tetradic

#851D8B #8B4E1D #238B1D #1D5A8B

square

#851D8B #8B4E1D #238B1D #1D5A8B

split-complementary

#851D8B #5A8B1D #1D8B4E

monochromatic

#240826 #551258 #851D8B #B528BE #D149D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#851D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#851D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #851D8B

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##851D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##851D8B	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#883154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #851d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 29, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.185 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac66ad',
    500: '#851d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #851d8b;
$custom-light: #ac66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#851d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.727,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4505,
    "c": 0.18496,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#851D8B

secondary

#4FBB49

accent

#E83F49

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #851D8B

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

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