#511979#511979

#511979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.153 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511979
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.08, 43.01, -43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.08, 61.01, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% 0.091 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.153 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1914, 3.8251, 18.4449)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511979 #417919

analogous

#211979 #511979 #791971

triadic

#511979 #795119 #197951

tetradic

#511979 #792119 #417919 #197179

square

#511979 #792119 #417919 #197179

split-complementary

#511979 #717919 #197921

monochromatic

#110519 #2F0F46 #511979 #7323AC #9337D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#511979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#511979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511979

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511979	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.153 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da0',
    500: '#511979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511979;
$custom-light: #865da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35635,
    "c": 0.15308,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511979

secondary

#6EAE40

accent

#E93F86

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511979

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

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