#511059#511059

#511059 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.132 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511059
RGB	rgb(81, 16, 89)
HSL	hsl(293, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(293, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 82%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.40, 39.42, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.40, 48.55, 324.29°)
OKLab	oklab(32.25% 0.1053 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(32.25% 0.132 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.3816, 2.8415, 9.7143)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511059 #185910

analogous

#2C1059 #511059 #59103C

triadic

#511059 #595110 #105951

tetradic

#511059 #592C10 #185910 #103C59

square

#511059 #592C10 #185910 #103C59

split-complementary

#511059 #3C5910 #10592C

monochromatic

#18051A #220725 #511059 #80198D #AF23C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#511059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#511059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511059

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511059	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521E34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 16, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.132 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855788',
    500: '#511059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511059;
$custom-light: #855788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.425,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32252,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511059

secondary

#3D9233

accent

#EC3B4F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511059

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

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