#511275#511275

#511275 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.156 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511275
RGB	rgb(81, 18, 117)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 84.6%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 44.74, -42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 61.90, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0981 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.156 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8199, 3.4664, 17.1360)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511275 #367512

analogous

#201275 #511275 #751268

triadic

#511275 #755112 #127551

tetradic

#511275 #752012 #367512 #126875

square

#511275 #752012 #367512 #126875

split-complementary

#511275 #687512 #127520

monochromatic

#12041B #2C0A40 #511275 #761AAA #9A24DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#511275 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#511275 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511275

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511275	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511275	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511275;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 18, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.156 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86599d',
    500: '#511275',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511275;
$custom-light: #86599d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511275",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34646,
    "c": 0.15622,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511275

secondary

#62AC37

accent

#F0387B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511275

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

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