#511895#511895

#511895 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.183 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511895
RGB	rgb(81, 24, 149)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 83.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.48, 50.31, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.48, 75.96, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.0833 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.183 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1434, 4.5723, 28.8288)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511895 #5C9518

analogous

#181E95 #511895 #901895

triadic

#511895 #955118 #189551

tetradic

#511895 #95181E #5C9518 #189590

square

#511895 #95181E #5C9518 #189590

split-complementary

#511895 #959018 #1E9518

monochromatic

#18072C #341060 #511895 #6E20CA #8D46E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#511895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#511895 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511895

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511895	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 24, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.183 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895eb5',
    500: '#511895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511895;
$custom-light: #895eb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.36,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38081,
    "c": 0.18315,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511895

secondary

#8AC246

accent

#EF399C

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #511895

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

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