#511A4B#511A4B

#511A4B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.105 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A4B
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 75)
HSL	hsl(307, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(307, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 7.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.03, 32.45, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.03, 37.05, 331.15°)
OKLab	oklab(32.42% 0.093 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(32.42% 0.105 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0327, 2.9965, 6.9686)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A4B #1A5120

analogous

#3B1A51 #511A4B #511A2F

triadic

#511A4B #4B511A #1A4B51

tetradic

#511A4B #513B1A #1A5120 #1A2F51

square

#511A4B #513B1A #1A5120 #1A2F51

split-complementary

#511A4B #2F511A #1A513B

monochromatic

#170715 #230B20 #511A4B #7F2976 #AE38A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#511A4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#511A4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A4B

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A4B	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A334A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551F2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.105 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b7d',
    500: '#511a4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a4b;
$custom-light: #845b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.545,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32425,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A4B

secondary

#408747

accent

#DB5C4D

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A4B

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

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