#511679#511679

#511679 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.156 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511679
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 121)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 81.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 44.21, -43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 62.34, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0937 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.156 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1307, 3.7037, 18.4247)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511679 #3E7916

analogous

#201679 #511679 #79166F

triadic

#511679 #795116 #167951

tetradic

#511679 #792016 #3E7916 #166F79

square

#511679 #792016 #3E7916 #166F79

split-complementary

#511679 #6F7916 #167920

monochromatic

#11051A #2E0D45 #511679 #741FAD #9530D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#511679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#511679 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511679

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511679	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.156 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ba0',
    500: '#511679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511679;
$custom-light: #865ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.758,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35342,
    "c": 0.15629,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511679

secondary

#6AAE3D

accent

#EC3C83

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #511679

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

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