#511152#511152

#511152 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.124 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511152
RGB	rgb(81, 17, 82)
HSL	hsl(299, 66%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(299, 79%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 79.3%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.05, 37.69, -24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.05, 44.78, 327.33°)
OKLab	oklab(31.86% 0.1046 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(31.86% 0.124 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1167, 2.7598, 8.2442)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511152 #125211

analogous

#311152 #511152 #521133

triadic

#511152 #525111 #115251

tetradic

#511152 #523111 #125211 #113352

square

#511152 #523111 #125211 #113352

split-complementary

#511152 #335211 #115231

monochromatic

#190519 #1F061F #511152 #831C85 #B526B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.53

#511152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#511152 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511152

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511152	1.00	13.53	1.55	13.53
#FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#541B30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 17, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.124 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855783',
    500: '#511152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511152;
$custom-light: #855783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.077,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31857,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511152

secondary

#358B34

accent

#E93F42

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030A

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511152

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

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