#511562#511562

#511562 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.134 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511562
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 98)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(287, 79%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 78.6%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.70, 39.38, -32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.70, 50.89, 320.71°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% 0.0993 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.134 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8658, 3.1678, 11.8554)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511562 #266215

analogous

#2A1562 #511562 #62154C

triadic

#511562 #625115 #156251

tetradic

#511562 #622A15 #266215 #154C62

square

#511562 #622A15 #266215 #154C62

split-complementary

#511562 #4C6215 #15622A

monochromatic

#150519 #270A30 #511562 #7B2094 #A42BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#511562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#511562 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511562

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511562	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50253A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.134 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85598f',
    500: '#511562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511562;
$custom-light: #85598f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.753,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33384,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511562

secondary

#4F993A

accent

#E84065

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511562

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

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