#511965#511965

#511965 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.132 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511965
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 101)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.52, 38.34, -32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.52, 50.51, 319.39°)
OKLab	oklab(34.04% 0.0946 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(34.04% 0.132 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0896, 3.3844, 12.6419)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511965 #2D6519

analogous

#2B1965 #511965 #651953

triadic

#511965 #655119 #196551

tetradic

#511965 #652B19 #2D6519 #195365

square

#511965 #652B19 #2D6519 #195365

split-complementary

#511965 #536519 #19652B

monochromatic

#140619 #2A0D34 #511965 #782596 #A031C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#511965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#511965 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511965

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511965	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50293D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.132 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b91',
    500: '#511965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511965;
$custom-light: #855b91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34036,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511965

secondary

#579B3F

accent

#E3446E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511965

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

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