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Home/Colors/#51497C

Nearest named color · #51497C

#51497C

Nearest named color: Tangent Periwinkle

#51497C (rgb(81 73 124), hsl(249 26% 39%), oklch(0.437 0.083 289.7)) is closest to the named color Tangent Periwinkle. See tints, shades, harmonies, WCAG & APCA contrast, and CSS, Tailwind v4 & SCSS code.

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#51497C

oklch(0.437 0.083 289.7)

Color conversions

HEX
#51497c
RGB
rgb(81 73 124)
HSL
hsl(249 26% 39%)
HWB
hwb(249 29% 51%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.437 0.083 289.7)
OKLab
oklab(0.437 0.028 -0.078)
CIE Lab
lab(33.62 13.22 -28.13)
LCH
lch(33.62 31.08 295.2)
CMYK
cmyk(35% 41% 0% 51%)

Tints · Shades · Tones

Tints

  • 605A89
  • 706B96
  • 817CA3
  • 928EB0
  • A3A0BD
  • B5B3CA
  • C7C5D7
  • D9D8E4
  • ECEBF2

Shades

  • 453E6B
  • 3A345A
  • 2F2A4A
  • 24203B
  • 1A172C
  • 100E1E
  • 070611
  • 020205
  • 000001

Tones

  • 554F7D
  • 5A547E
  • 5E5A7E
  • 635F7F
  • 68657F
  • 6C6A80
  • 717080
  • 767580
  • 7B7B80

Color harmonies

Complementary +180°

  • 51497C

    Tangent Periwinkle

  • 555516

    ≈ Douro

Analogous -30° +30°

  • 51497C

    Tangent Periwinkle

  • 36527F

    ≈ St. Tropaz

  • 65426E

    ≈ Magenta Red Lips

Triadic +120° +240°

  • 51497C

    Tangent Periwinkle

  • 764325

    ≈ Bull Shot

  • 0C604A

    ≈ Sci-Fi Takeout

Split-complementary +150° +210°

  • 51497C

    Tangent Periwinkle

  • 694C10

    ≈ Antique Bronze

  • 385D2F

    ≈ Parsley

Tetradic +90° +180° +270°

  • 51497C

    Tangent Periwinkle

  • 793D3F

    ≈ Marrakesh Red

  • 555516

    ≈ Douro

  • 005E61

    ≈ Sandhill Crane

Contrast & accessibility

Ag

On white

WCAG 8.09:1 · APCA Lc 88

AAA
Ag

On black

WCAG 2.59:1 · APCA Lc 14

Fail

Best text color: #FFFFFF

WCAG 8.09:1 (AAA) · APCA Lc 88

Contrast pairs

  • #51497C / #FFFFFF
  • #51497C / #000000
  • #FFFFFF / #51497C
  • #000000 / #51497C

Code snippets

CSS

:root {
  --tangent-periwinkle: #51497c;
  --tangent-periwinkle-rgb: 81 73 124;
  --tangent-periwinkle-oklch: oklch(0.437 0.083 289.7);
}

.element {
  color: var(--tangent-periwinkle);
  background-color: hsl(249 26% 39%);
  border-color: oklch(0.437 0.083 289.7);
}

Tailwind CSS v4

@theme {
  --color-tangent-periwinkle: #51497c;
  --color-tangent-periwinkle-50: #f5f1ff;
  --color-tangent-periwinkle-100: #e8e4ff;
  --color-tangent-periwinkle-200: #d4cff6;
  --color-tangent-periwinkle-300: #b7b0df;
  --color-tangent-periwinkle-400: #9d96cd;
  --color-tangent-periwinkle-500: #857dba;
  --color-tangent-periwinkle-600: #716a9d;
  --color-tangent-periwinkle-700: #5a547e;
  --color-tangent-periwinkle-800: #413e5e;
  --color-tangent-periwinkle-900: #2d2a42;
  --color-tangent-periwinkle-950: #1a182a;
}

SCSS

$tangent-periwinkle: #51497c;
$tangent-periwinkle-rgb: 81, 73, 124;
$tangent-periwinkle-light: mix(#fff, $tangent-periwinkle, 20%);
$tangent-periwinkle-dark: mix(#000, $tangent-periwinkle, 20%);

.element {
  color: $tangent-periwinkle;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba($tangent-periwinkle, 0.35);
}

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