#511A4E#511A4E

#511A4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.108 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A4E
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 78)
HSL	hsl(303, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.20, 33.03, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.20, 38.44, 329.24°)
OKLab	oklab(32.6% 0.0934 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(32.6% 0.108 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1378, 3.0385, 7.5221)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A4E #1A511D

analogous

#381A51 #511A4E #511A32

triadic

#511A4E #4E511A #1A4E51

tetradic

#511A4E #51381A #1A511D #1A3251

square

#511A4E #51381A #1A511D #1A3251

split-complementary

#511A4E #32511A #1A5138

monochromatic

#170716 #230B21 #511A4E #7F297B #AE38A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#511A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#511A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A4E

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A4E	1.00	13.06	1.61	13.06
#FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#162C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29334D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.108 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b80',
    500: '#511a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a4e;
$custom-light: #845b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.273,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32602,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A4E

secondary

#408744

accent

#DB554D

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A4E

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

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