#511A48#511A48

#511A48 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.102 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A48
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 72)
HSL	hsl(310, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(310, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 11.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.87, 31.89, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.87, 35.72, 333.24°)
OKLab	oklab(32.26% 0.0926 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(32.26% 0.102 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9325, 2.9564, 6.4405)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A48 #1A5123

analogous

#3E1A51 #511A48 #511A2C

triadic

#511A48 #48511A #1A4851

tetradic

#511A48 #513E1A #1A5123 #1A2C51

square

#511A48 #513E1A #1A5123 #1A2C51

split-complementary

#511A48 #2C511A #1A513E

monochromatic

#170715 #230B1F #511A48 #7F2971 #AE389A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#511A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#511A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A48

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A48	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.102 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b7b',
    500: '#511a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a48;
$custom-light: #845b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.818,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32255,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A48

secondary

#40874B

accent

#DB644D

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9ED

border

#CAC5C8

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A48

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

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