#511989#511989

#511989 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.170 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511989
RGB	rgb(81, 25, 137)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 81.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 46.93, -51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 69.38, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.0866 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.17 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2552, 4.2507, 24.0476)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511989 #518919

analogous

#191989 #511989 #891989

triadic

#511989 #895119 #198951

tetradic

#511989 #891919 #518919 #198989

square

#511989 #891919 #518919 #198989

split-complementary

#511989 #898919 #198919

monochromatic

#140621 #321055 #511989 #7022BD #8E40DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#511989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#511989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511989

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511989	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 25, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.170 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885dac',
    500: '#511989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511989;
$custom-light: #885dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 69.136,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37046,
    "c": 0.16979,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511989

secondary

#7FBC41

accent

#EC3C94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #511989

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

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