#511874#511874

#511874 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.149 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511874
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 116)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 79.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.53, 42.23, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.53, 58.85, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.0931 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.149 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8717, 3.6637, 16.8648)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511874 #3B7418

analogous

#231874 #511874 #741869

triadic

#511874 #745118 #187451

tetradic

#511874 #742318 #3B7418 #186974

square

#511874 #742318 #3B7418 #186974

split-complementary

#511874 #697418 #187423

monochromatic

#120519 #2E0E41 #511874 #7422A7 #9732D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#511874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#511874 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511874

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511874	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.149 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865c9d',
    500: '#511874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511874;
$custom-light: #865c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.174,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35113,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511874

secondary

#67A93F

accent

#E93F80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511874

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

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