#511873#511873

#511873 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.148 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511873
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 115)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 79.1%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 42.00, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 58.32, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0933 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.148 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8139, 3.6405, 16.5601)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511873 #3A7318

analogous

#231873 #511873 #731868

triadic

#511873 #735118 #187351

tetradic

#511873 #732318 #3A7318 #186873

square

#511873 #732318 #3A7318 #186873

split-complementary

#511873 #687318 #187323

monochromatic

#120519 #2D0D40 #511873 #7523A6 #9731D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#511873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#511873 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511873

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511873	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.148 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865c9c',
    500: '#511873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511873;
$custom-light: #865c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.582,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3503,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511873

secondary

#66A83F

accent

#E83F7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511873

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

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