#511970#511970

#511970 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.144 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511970
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 112)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 77.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 40.87, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 56.27, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0929 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.144 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6650, 3.6146, 15.6727)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511970 #387019

analogous

#261970 #511970 #701964

triadic

#511970 #705119 #197051

tetradic

#511970 #702619 #387019 #196470

square

#511970 #702619 #387019 #196470

split-complementary

#511970 #647019 #197026

monochromatic

#120619 #2D0E3E #511970 #7524A2 #9932D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#511970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#511970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511970

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511970	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05366E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.144 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865c9a',
    500: '#511970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511970;
$custom-light: #865c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.621,
    "s": 63.504,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3489,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511970

secondary

#64A540

accent

#E7417C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511970

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

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