#51185e

Color #51185e

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.69 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#51185e

RGB

rgb(81, 24, 94)

HSL

hsl(288.9, 59.3%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.9, 74.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 74.5%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(20.87, 37.25, -29.31)

LCH

lch(20.87, 47.4, 321.8)

OKLCH

oklch(33.4%, 0.1265, 319.55)

HWB

hwb(288.9, 9.4%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#255e18

Analogous

#2e185e

#51185e

#5e1848

Triadic

#51185e

#5e5118

#185e51

Split-complementary

#51185e

#485e18

#185e2e

Tetradic

#51185e

#5e1825

#255e18

#185e51

Square

#51185e

#5e2e18

#255e18

#18485e

Shades

Color #51185e mixed toward black.

#43144e

#36103f

#280c2f

#1b081f

#0d0410

Tints

Color #51185e mixed toward white.

#7e2592

#ab33c6

#c263d7

#d697e4

#ebcbf2

Tones

Color #51185e mixed toward gray.

#4d1e58

#4a2452

#46294c

#422f47

#3f3541

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.64:1

White text reads better on this background (12.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#403f53 · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#424550 · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#4f4947 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#323232 · ΔE 24.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #51185e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51185e]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#51185e (#51185e) is rgb(81, 24, 94) in RGB.

No, #51185e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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