#511272#511272

#511272 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.153 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511272
RGB	rgb(81, 18, 114)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 84.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.57, 44.06, -41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.57, 60.36, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0989 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.153 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6463, 3.3970, 16.2219)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511272 #337212

analogous

#211272 #511272 #721263

triadic

#511272 #725112 #127251

tetradic

#511272 #722112 #337212 #126372

square

#511272 #722112 #337212 #126372

split-complementary

#511272 #637212 #127221

monochromatic

#13041A #2B0A3D #511272 #771AA7 #9C23DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#511272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#511272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511272

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511272	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 18, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.153 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86599b',
    500: '#511272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511272;
$custom-light: #86599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.375,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34389,
    "c": 0.15329,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511272

secondary

#5EA937

accent

#EF3877

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511272

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

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