#511457#511457

#511457 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.125 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511457
RGB	rgb(81, 20, 87)
HSL	hsl(295, 63%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(295, 77%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 77%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.79, 37.50, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.79, 45.84, 324.89°)
OKLab	oklab(32.49% 0.1012 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(32.49% 0.125 324)
XYZ	xyz(5.3636, 2.9381, 9.2996)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511457 #1A5714

analogous

#2F1457 #511457 #57143B

triadic

#511457 #575114 #145751

tetradic

#511457 #572F14 #1A5714 #143B57

square

#511457 #572F14 #1A5714 #143B57

split-complementary

#511457 #3B5714 #14572F

monochromatic

#170619 #230925 #511457 #7F1F89 #AE2BBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#511457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#511457 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511457

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511457	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)

#012B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 20, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.125 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845887',
    500: '#511457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511457;
$custom-light: #845887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.627,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3249,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.02938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511457

secondary

#408F38

accent

#E64251

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511457

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

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