#511259#511259

#511259 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.129 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511259
RGB	rgb(81, 18, 89)
HSL	hsl(293, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(293, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 79.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.65, 38.69, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.65, 47.71, 324.17°)
OKLab	oklab(32.43% 0.1033 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(32.43% 0.129 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4126, 2.9035, 9.7246)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511259 #1A5912

analogous

#2D1259 #511259 #59123D

triadic

#511259 #595112 #125951

tetradic

#511259 #592D12 #1A5912 #123D59

square

#511259 #592D12 #1A5912 #123D59

split-complementary

#511259 #3D5912 #12592D

monochromatic

#170519 #230826 #511259 #7F1C8C #AE27BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.29

#511259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#511259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511259

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511259	1.00	13.29	1.58	13.29
#FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 18, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.129 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855888',
    500: '#511259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511259;
$custom-light: #855888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.239,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32433,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511259

secondary

#409235

accent

#E93F52

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511259

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

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