#511972#511972

#511972 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.146 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511972
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 114)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 78.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.51, 41.34, -39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.51, 57.33, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.05% 0.0925 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(35.05% 0.146 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7776, 3.6596, 16.2657)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511972 #3A7219

analogous

#251972 #511972 #721967

triadic

#511972 #725119 #197251

tetradic

#511972 #722519 #3A7219 #196772

square

#511972 #722519 #3A7219 #196772

split-complementary

#511972 #677219 #197225

monochromatic

#120619 #2D0E40 #511972 #7524A4 #9733D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#511972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#511972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511972

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511972	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.146 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865c9b',
    500: '#511972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511972;
$custom-light: #865c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.753,
    "s": 64.029,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35052,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511972

secondary

#66A740

accent

#E7417E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511972

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

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