#511966#511966

#511966 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.133 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511966
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 102)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 75.5%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 38.56, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 51.03, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.11% 0.0944 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(34.11% 0.133 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1389, 3.4041, 12.9015)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511966 #2E6619

analogous

#2A1966 #511966 #661955

triadic

#511966 #665119 #196651

tetradic

#511966 #662A19 #2E6619 #195566

square

#511966 #662A19 #2E6619 #195566

split-complementary

#511966 #556619 #19662A

monochromatic

#140619 #2A0D35 #511966 #782597 #9F31C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#511966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#511966 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511966

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511966	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.133 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c92',
    500: '#511966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511966;
$custom-light: #855c92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34111,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511966

secondary

#589C3F

accent

#E44470

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511966

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

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