#511A57#511A57

#511A57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.117 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A57
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 87)
HSL	hsl(294, 54%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(294, 70%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 70.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.74, 34.84, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.74, 42.80, 324.49°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% 0.094 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.117 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4829, 3.1766, 9.3393)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A57 #20571A

analogous

#321A57 #511A57 #571A3F

triadic

#511A57 #57511A #1A5751

tetradic

#511A57 #57321A #20571A #1A3F57

square

#511A57 #57321A #20571A #1A3F57

split-complementary

#511A57 #3F571A #1A5732

monochromatic

#160718 #250C28 #511A57 #7D2886 #A936B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#511A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#511A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A57

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A57	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D2E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.117 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b87',
    500: '#511a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a57;
$custom-light: #845b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.098,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33168,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A57

secondary

#478D40

accent

#DD4A59

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A57

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

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