#511377#511377

#511377 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.157 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511377
RGB	rgb(81, 19, 119)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 84%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.11, 44.85, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.11, 62.54, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.9% 0.0968 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(34.9% 0.157 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.9553, 3.5471, 17.7674)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511377 #397713

analogous

#1F1377 #511377 #77136B

triadic

#511377 #775113 #137751

tetradic

#511377 #771F13 #397713 #136B77

square

#511377 #771F13 #397713 #136B77

split-complementary

#511377 #6B7713 #13771F

monochromatic

#12041A #2D0B42 #511377 #751BAC #9828DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#511377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#511377 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511377

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511377	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 19, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.157 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865a9f',
    500: '#511377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511377;
$custom-light: #865a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 72.464,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34902,
    "c": 0.15724,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.03547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511377

secondary

#65AD39

accent

#EF397E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511377

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

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