#511A62#511A62

#511A62 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.128 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A62
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 98)
HSL	hsl(286, 58%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 73.5%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.47, 37.21, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.47, 48.43, 320.21°)
OKLab	oklab(33.93% 0.0937 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(33.93% 0.128 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9670, 3.3702, 11.8891)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A62 #2B621A

analogous

#2D1A62 #511A62 #621A4F

triadic

#511A62 #62511A #1A6251

tetradic

#511A62 #622D1A #2B621A #1A4F62

square

#511A62 #622D1A #2B621A #1A4F62

split-complementary

#511A62 #4F621A #1A622D

monochromatic

#140618 #290D32 #511A62 #792792 #A134C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#511A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#511A62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A62

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A62	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50283C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.128 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c8f',
    500: '#511a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a62;
$custom-light: #855c8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.833,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3393,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A62

secondary

#559840

accent

#E1476B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A62

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

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