#511A61#511A61

#511A61 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.127 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A61
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 97)
HSL	hsl(286, 58%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.40, 36.99, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.40, 47.91, 320.55°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.0937 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.127 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9201, 3.3514, 11.6420)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A61 #2A611A

analogous

#2E1A61 #511A61 #611A4E

triadic

#511A61 #61511A #1A6151

tetradic

#511A61 #612E1A #2A611A #1A4E61

square

#511A61 #612E1A #2A611A #1A4E61

split-complementary

#511A61 #4E611A #1A612E

monochromatic

#140618 #290D31 #511A61 #792791 #A234C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#511A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#511A61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A61

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A61	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C355F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.127 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c8e',
    500: '#511a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a61;
$custom-light: #855c8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.479,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33858,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A61

secondary

#549740

accent

#E1476A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A61

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

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