#511070#511070

#511070 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.153 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511070
RGB	rgb(81, 16, 112)
HSL	hsl(281, 75%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 86%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 85.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.17, 44.28, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.17, 60.09, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% 0.1011 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.153 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5027, 3.2899, 15.6186)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511070 #2F7010

analogous

#211070 #511070 #70105F

triadic

#511070 #705110 #107051

tetradic

#511070 #702110 #2F7010 #105F70

square

#511070 #702110 #2F7010 #105F70

split-complementary

#511070 #5F7010 #107021

monochromatic

#13041B #2A083A #511070 #7818A6 #9E1FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#511070 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#511070 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511070

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511070	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511070	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511070;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 16, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.153 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86589a',
    500: '#511070',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511070;
$custom-light: #86589a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511070",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.625,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34058,
    "c": 0.15324,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511070

secondary

#59A834

accent

#F23673

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511070

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

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