#511890#511890

#511890 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.178 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511890
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 144)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 83.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 49.06, -54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 73.40, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0851 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.178 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7527, 4.4161, 26.7714)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511890 #579018

analogous

#181B90 #511890 #8D1890

triadic

#511890 #905118 #189051

tetradic

#511890 #90181B #579018 #18908D

square

#511890 #90181B #579018 #18908D

split-complementary

#511890 #908D18 #1B9018

monochromatic

#160727 #330F5C #511890 #6F21C4 #8D43E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#511890 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#511890 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511890

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511890	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511890	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511890;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.178 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895db2',
    500: '#511890',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511890;
$custom-light: #895db2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511890",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37605,
    "c": 0.17798,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511890

secondary

#85C043

accent

#EE3A98

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #511890

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

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