#511985#511985

#511985 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.166 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511985
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 133)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 81.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 45.94, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 67.30, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.68% 0.0878 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(36.68% 0.166 302)
XYZ	xyz(7.9736, 4.1380, 22.5644)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511985 #4D8519

analogous

#1B1985 #511985 #851983

triadic

#511985 #855119 #198551

tetradic

#511985 #851B19 #4D8519 #198385

square

#511985 #851B19 #4D8519 #198385

split-complementary

#511985 #838519 #19851B

monochromatic

#12061E #320F51 #511985 #7023B9 #8F3EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#511985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#511985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511985

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511985	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.166 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875da9',
    500: '#511985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511985;
$custom-light: #875da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36684,
    "c": 0.16561,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.04138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511985

secondary

#7BB941

accent

#EB3D91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #511985

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

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