#511884#511884

#511884 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.166 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511884
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 132)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 81.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, 46.09, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 67.21, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.0889 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.166 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8838, 4.0685, 22.1953)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511884 #4B8418

analogous

#1B1884 #511884 #841881

triadic

#511884 #845118 #188451

tetradic

#511884 #841B18 #4B8418 #188184

square

#511884 #841B18 #4B8418 #188184

split-complementary

#511884 #818418 #18841B

monochromatic

#11051C #310F50 #511884 #7121B8 #903BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#511884 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#511884 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511884

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511884	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511884	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511884;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.166 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875da9',
    500: '#511884',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511884;
$custom-light: #875da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511884",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36498,
    "c": 0.16556,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511884

secondary

#79B840

accent

#EC3C8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #511884

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

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