#511565#511565

#511565 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.137 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511565
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 101)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(285, 79%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.93, 40.04, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.93, 52.42, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.61% 0.0989 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(33.61% 0.137 316)
XYZ	xyz(6.0101, 3.2255, 12.6154)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511565 #296515

analogous

#291565 #511565 #651551

triadic

#511565 #655115 #156551

tetradic

#511565 #652915 #296515 #155165

square

#511565 #652915 #296515 #155165

split-complementary

#511565 #516515 #156529

monochromatic

#140519 #280A32 #511565 #7A2098 #A22ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.77

#511565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#511565 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511565

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511565	1.00	12.77	1.65	12.77
#FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50263C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.137 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a91',
    500: '#511565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511565;
$custom-light: #855a91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33611,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.03225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511565

secondary

#529C3A

accent

#E93F6A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511565

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

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