#511775#511775

#511775 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.151 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511775
RGB	rgb(81, 23, 117)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 80.3%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 42.88, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 59.82, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.1% 0.0938 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(35.1% 0.151 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9100, 3.6466, 17.1660)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511775 #3B7517

analogous

#221775 #511775 #75176A

triadic

#511775 #755117 #177551

tetradic

#511775 #752217 #3B7517 #176A75

square

#511775 #752217 #3B7517 #176A75

split-complementary

#511775 #6A7517 #177522

monochromatic

#12051A #2E0D42 #511775 #7421A8 #9730D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#511775 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#511775 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511775

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511775	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511775	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511775;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 23, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.151 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865b9d',
    500: '#511775',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511775;
$custom-light: #865b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511775",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.021,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35097,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511775

secondary

#67AA3D

accent

#EA3E80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511775

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

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