#511359#511359

#511359 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.128 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511359
RGB	rgb(81, 19, 89)
HSL	hsl(293, 65%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(293, 79%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 78.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.79, 38.30, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.79, 47.27, 324.11°)
OKLab	oklab(32.53% 0.1022 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(32.53% 0.128 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4292, 2.9367, 9.7301)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511359 #1B5913

analogous

#2E1359 #511359 #59133E

triadic

#511359 #595113 #135951

tetradic

#511359 #592E13 #1B5913 #133E59

square

#511359 #592E13 #1B5913 #133E59

split-complementary

#511359 #3E5913 #13592E

monochromatic

#170519 #230827 #511359 #7F1E8B #AD29BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#511359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#511359 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511359

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511359	1.00	13.23	1.59	13.23
#FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 19, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.128 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855888',
    500: '#511359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511359;
$custom-light: #855888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.143,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3253,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511359

secondary

#419137

accent

#E84053

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511359

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

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