#511459#511459

#511459 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.127 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511459
RGB	rgb(81, 20, 89)
HSL	hsl(293, 63%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(293, 78%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 77.5%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.93, 37.90, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.93, 46.82, 324.05°)
OKLab	oklab(32.63% 0.1012 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(32.63% 0.127 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4465, 2.9712, 9.7359)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511459 #1C5914

analogous

#2F1459 #511459 #59143F

triadic

#511459 #595114 #145951

tetradic

#511459 #592F14 #1C5914 #143F59

square

#511459 #592F14 #1C5914 #143F59

split-complementary

#511459 #3F5914 #14592F

monochromatic

#170619 #240927 #511459 #7E1F8B #AC2ABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#511459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#511459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511459

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511459	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 20, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.127 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855988',
    500: '#511459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511459;
$custom-light: #855988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.043,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32629,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511459

secondary

#429138

accent

#E64155

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511459

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

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