#511590#511590

#511590 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.180 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511590
RGB	rgb(81, 21, 144)
HSL	hsl(269, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 85.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 50.13, -55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 74.57, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.0871 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.18 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6942, 4.2991, 26.7519)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511590 #549015

analogous

#151790 #511590 #8E1590

triadic

#511590 #905115 #159051

tetradic

#511590 #901517 #549015 #15908E

square

#511590 #901517 #549015 #15908E

split-complementary

#511590 #908E15 #179015

monochromatic

#150525 #330D5B #511590 #6F1DC5 #8E3DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#511590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#511590 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511590

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511590	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 21, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.180 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895cb2',
    500: '#511590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511590;
$custom-light: #895cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.268,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37353,
    "c": 0.18048,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511590

secondary

#82C23E

accent

#F13796

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #511590

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

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