#511973#511973

#511973 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.147 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511973
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 115)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.59, 41.57, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.59, 57.85, 315.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.0923 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.147 309)
XYZ	xyz(6.8349, 3.6825, 16.5671)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511973 #3B7319

analogous

#241973 #511973 #731968

triadic

#511973 #735119 #197351

tetradic

#511973 #732419 #3B7319 #196873

square

#511973 #732419 #3B7319 #196873

split-complementary

#511973 #687319 #197324

monochromatic

#120519 #2E0E41 #511973 #7424A5 #9734D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#511973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#511973 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511973

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511973	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.147 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865c9c',
    500: '#511973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511973;
$custom-light: #865c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35134,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.03682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511973

secondary

#67A840

accent

#E74180

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511973

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

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