#511557#511557

#511557 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.124 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511557
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 87)
HSL	hsl(295, 61%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(295, 76%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 75.9%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.94, 37.08, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.94, 45.37, 324.83°)
OKLab	oklab(32.6% 0.1001 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(32.6% 0.124 324)
XYZ	xyz(5.3817, 2.9741, 9.3056)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511557 #1B5715

analogous

#301557 #511557 #57153C

triadic

#511557 #575115 #155751

tetradic

#511557 #573015 #1B5715 #153C57

square

#511557 #573015 #1B5715 #153C57

split-complementary

#511557 #3C5715 #155730

monochromatic

#170619 #230926 #511557 #7F2188 #AD2DBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#511557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#511557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511557

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511557	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)

#032C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.124 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845987',
    500: '#511557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511557;
$custom-light: #845987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32595,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.02974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511557

secondary

#418F39

accent

#E44452

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511557

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

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