#511A5F#511A5F

#511A5F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.125 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A5F
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 95)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 72.6%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.26, 36.55, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.26, 46.87, 321.24°)
OKLab	oklab(33.72% 0.0938 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(33.72% 0.125 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8280, 3.3146, 11.1570)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A5F #285F1A

analogous

#2E1A5F #511A5F #5F1A4A

triadic

#511A5F #5F511A #1A5F51

tetradic

#511A5F #5F2E1A #285F1A #1A4A5F

square

#511A5F #5F2E1A #285F1A #1A4A5F

split-complementary

#511A5F #4A5F1A #1A5F2E

monochromatic

#140718 #280D2F #511A5F #7A278F #A334BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#511A5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#511A5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A5F

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A5F	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E355D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51273A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.125 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c8d',
    500: '#511a5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a5f;
$custom-light: #845c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.826,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33715,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A5F

secondary

#519540

accent

#E04867

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A5F

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

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