#511A6A#511A6A

#511A6A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.136 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A6A
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 106)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 75.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 39.03, -35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 52.62, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.0928 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.136 313)
XYZ	xyz(6.3638, 3.5289, 13.9788)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A6A #336A1A

analogous

#291A6A #511A6A #6A1A5B

triadic

#511A6A #6A511A #1A6A51

tetradic

#511A6A #6A291A #336A1A #1A5B6A

square

#511A6A #6A291A #336A1A #1A5B6A

split-complementary

#511A6A #5B6A1A #1A6A29

monochromatic

#130619 #2B0E39 #511A6A #77269B #9C32CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#511A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#511A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A6A

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A6A	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.136 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c95',
    500: '#511a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a6a;
$custom-light: #855c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34528,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.03529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A6A

secondary

#5E9F40

accent

#E44476

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A6A

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

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