#511875#511875

#511875 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.150 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511875
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 117)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 79.5%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 42.47, -41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 59.37, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.0929 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.15 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9302, 3.6871, 17.1728)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511875 #3C7518

analogous

#221875 #511875 #75186A

triadic

#511875 #755118 #187551

tetradic

#511875 #752218 #3C7518 #186A75

square

#511875 #752218 #3C7518 #186A75

split-complementary

#511875 #6A7518 #187522

monochromatic

#120519 #2E0E42 #511875 #7422A8 #9632D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#511875 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#511875 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511875

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511875	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511875	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511875;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.150 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865c9d',
    500: '#511875',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511875;
$custom-light: #865c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511875",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35196,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511875

secondary

#68AA3F

accent

#E93F81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511875

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

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