#511A49#511A49

#511A49 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.103 H 333.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A49
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 73)
HSL	hsl(309, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(309, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 9.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.92, 32.08, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.92, 36.16, 332.52°)
OKLab	oklab(32.31% 0.0927 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(32.31% 0.103 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9654, 2.9695, 6.6137)
Luminance	0.0297 (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

#511A49 #1A5122

analogous

#3D1A51 #511A49 #511A2D

triadic

#511A49 #49511A #1A4951

tetradic

#511A49 #513D1A #1A5122 #1A2D51

square

#511A49 #513D1A #1A5122 #1A2D51

split-complementary

#511A49 #2D511A #1A513D

monochromatic

#170715 #230B1F #511A49 #7F2973 #AE389D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#511A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#511A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A49

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A49	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.103 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b7c',
    500: '#511a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a49;
$custom-light: #845b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.727,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32311,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A49

secondary

#40874A

accent

#DB624D

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A49

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

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