#511885#511885

#511885 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.167 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511885
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 133)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 82%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 46.33, -49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 67.73, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0886 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.167 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9526, 4.0960, 22.5574)
Luminance	0.0410 (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

#511885 #4C8518

analogous

#1A1885 #511885 #851882

triadic

#511885 #855118 #188551

tetradic

#511885 #851A18 #4C8518 #188285

square

#511885 #851A18 #4C8518 #188285

split-complementary

#511885 #828518 #18851A

monochromatic

#12051D #310F51 #511885 #7121B9 #8F3CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#511885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#511885 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511885

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511885	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.167 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885da9',
    500: '#511885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511885;
$custom-light: #885da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.376,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36589,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511885

secondary

#7AB940

accent

#EC3C90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #511885

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

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