#511495#511495

#511495 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.186 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511495
RGB	rgb(81, 20, 149)
HSL	hsl(268, 76%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 87%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 86.6%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 51.68, -57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 77.45, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(37.76% 0.0859 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(37.76% 0.186 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0669, 4.4194, 28.8033)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511495 #589514

analogous

#141895 #511495 #911495

triadic

#511495 #955114 #149551

tetradic

#511495 #951418 #589514 #149591

square

#511495 #951418 #589514 #149591

split-complementary

#511495 #959114 #189514

monochromatic

#160629 #340D5F #511495 #6E1BCB #8D3EE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#511495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#511495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511495

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511495	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 20, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.186 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5cb5',
    500: '#511495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511495;
$custom-light: #8a5cb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.372,
    "s": 76.331,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37759,
    "c": 0.18629,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511495

secondary

#86C540

accent

#F33599

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #511495

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

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