#511986#511986

#511986 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.167 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511986
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 134)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 81.3%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 46.19, -49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 67.82, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.77% 0.0875 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(36.77% 0.167 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0430, 4.1658, 22.9300)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511986 #4E8619

analogous

#1B1986 #511986 #861984

triadic

#511986 #865119 #198651

tetradic

#511986 #861B19 #4E8619 #198486

square

#511986 #861B19 #4E8619 #198486

split-complementary

#511986 #848619 #19861B

monochromatic

#13061F #320F52 #511986 #7023BA #8F3EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#511986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#511986 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511986

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511986	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.167 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885daa',
    500: '#511986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511986;
$custom-light: #885daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.826,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36774,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511986

secondary

#7CBA41

accent

#EB3C91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #511986

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

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