#511490#511490

#511490 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.181 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511490
RGB	rgb(81, 20, 144)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 86.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 50.46, -55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 74.93, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.0878 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.181 299)
XYZ	xyz(8.6762, 4.2631, 26.7459)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511490 #539014

analogous

#141590 #511490 #8F1490

triadic

#511490 #905114 #149051

tetradic

#511490 #901415 #539014 #14908F

square

#511490 #901415 #539014 #14908F

split-complementary

#511490 #908F14 #159014

monochromatic

#150525 #330D5A #511490 #6F1BC6 #8E3BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#511490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#511490 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511490

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511490	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 20, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.181 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895cb2',
    500: '#511490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511490;
$custom-light: #895cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.516,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37275,
    "c": 0.18127,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511490

secondary

#81C33D

accent

#F23695

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #511490

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

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