#511A4A#511A4A

#511A4A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.104 H 333.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A4A
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 74)
HSL	hsl(308, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(308, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 8.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.98, 32.27, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.98, 36.60, 331.82°)
OKLab	oklab(32.37% 0.0929 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(32.37% 0.104 333)
XYZ	xyz(4.9988, 2.9829, 6.7897)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A4A #1A5121

analogous

#3C1A51 #511A4A #511A2E

triadic

#511A4A #4A511A #1A4A51

tetradic

#511A4A #513C1A #1A5121 #1A2E51

square

#511A4A #513C1A #1A5121 #1A2E51

split-complementary

#511A4A #2E511A #1A513C

monochromatic

#170715 #230B20 #511A4A #7F2974 #AE389F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#511A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#511A4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A4A

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A4A	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551E2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.104 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b7c',
    500: '#511a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a4a;
$custom-light: #845b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.636,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32368,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.02983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A4A

secondary

#408749

accent

#DB5F4D

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A4A

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

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