#511258#511258

#511258 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.129 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511258
RGB	rgb(81, 18, 88)
HSL	hsl(294, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(294, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 79.5%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.59, 38.49, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.59, 47.22, 324.58°)
OKLab	oklab(32.36% 0.1034 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(32.36% 0.129 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3709, 2.8869, 9.5049)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511258 #195812

analogous

#2E1258 #511258 #58123C

triadic

#511258 #585112 #125851

tetradic

#511258 #582E12 #195812 #123C58

square

#511258 #582E12 #195812 #123C58

split-complementary

#511258 #3C5812 #12582E

monochromatic

#170519 #220825 #511258 #801C8B #AF27BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.31

#511258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#511258 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511258

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511258	1.00	13.31	1.58	13.31
#FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 18, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.129 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855887',
    500: '#511258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511258;
$custom-light: #855887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32363,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511258

secondary

#3E9135

accent

#E93F50

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511258

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

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