#511A69#511A69

#511A69 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.135 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A69
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 105)
HSL	hsl(282, 60%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 75%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 38.80, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 52.09, 318.14°)
OKLab	oklab(34.45% 0.0929 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(34.45% 0.135 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3121, 3.5082, 13.7065)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A69 #32691A

analogous

#291A69 #511A69 #691A59

triadic

#511A69 #69511A #1A6951

tetradic

#511A69 #69291A #32691A #1A5969

square

#511A69 #69291A #32691A #1A5969

split-complementary

#511A69 #59691A #1A6929

monochromatic

#130619 #2B0E38 #511A69 #77269A #9D32CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#511A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#511A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A69

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A69	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.135 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c94',
    500: '#511a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a69;
$custom-light: #855c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.772,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34451,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A69

secondary

#5D9E40

accent

#E34475

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A69

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

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