#511A65#511A65

#511A65 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.131 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A65
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 101)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 74.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.68, 37.89, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.68, 49.99, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.15% 0.0934 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(34.15% 0.131 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1113, 3.4279, 12.6491)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A65 #2E651A

analogous

#2C1A65 #511A65 #651A54

triadic

#511A65 #65511A #1A6551

tetradic

#511A65 #652C1A #2E651A #1A5465

square

#511A65 #652C1A #2E651A #1A5465

split-complementary

#511A65 #54651A #1A652C

monochromatic

#140618 #2A0D34 #511A65 #782796 #9F33C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#511A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#511A65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A65

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A65	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50293D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.131 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c91',
    500: '#511a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a65;
$custom-light: #855c91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3415,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A65

secondary

#589B40

accent

#E2466F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A65

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

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