#511A60#511A60

#511A60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.126 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A60
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 96)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(287, 73%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 72.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.33, 36.77, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.33, 47.39, 320.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.79% 0.0938 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(33.79% 0.126 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8738, 3.3329, 11.3980)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A60 #29601A

analogous

#2E1A60 #511A60 #601A4C

triadic

#511A60 #60511A #1A6051

tetradic

#511A60 #602E1A #29601A #1A4C60

square

#511A60 #602E1A #29601A #1A4C60

split-complementary

#511A60 #4C601A #1A602E

monochromatic

#140718 #280D30 #511A60 #7A2790 #A234C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#511A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#511A60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A60

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A60	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D355E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51273B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.126 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c8d',
    500: '#511a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a60;
$custom-light: #845c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33786,
    "c": 0.12578,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A60

secondary

#529640

accent

#E14768

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A60

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

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