#511559#511559

#511559 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.126 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511559
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 89)
HSL	hsl(293, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(293, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 76.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.07, 37.49, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.07, 46.35, 323.98°)
OKLab	oklab(32.73% 0.1 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(32.73% 0.126 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4645, 3.0072, 9.7419)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511559 #1D5915

analogous

#2F1559 #511559 #59153F

triadic

#511559 #595115 #155951

tetradic

#511559 #592F15 #1D5915 #153F59

square

#511559 #592F15 #1D5915 #153F59

split-complementary

#511559 #3F5915 #15592F

monochromatic

#170619 #240927 #511559 #7E218B #AB2CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#511559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#511559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511559

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511559	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.126 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845988',
    500: '#511559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511559;
$custom-light: #845988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32733,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511559

secondary

#449139

accent

#E54356

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511559

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

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