#511A6F#511A6F

#511A6F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.141 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A6F
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 111)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 76.6%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 40.19, -37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 55.26, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.0921 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.141 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6314, 3.6360, 15.3883)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A6F #386F1A

analogous

#271A6F #511A6F #6F1A63

triadic

#511A6F #6F511A #1A6F51

tetradic

#511A6F #6F271A #386F1A #1A636F

square

#511A6F #6F271A #386F1A #1A636F

split-complementary

#511A6F #636F1A #1A6F27

monochromatic

#120619 #2D0E3D #511A6F #7526A1 #9934CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#511A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#511A6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A6F

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A6F	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09366D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.141 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c99',
    500: '#511a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a6f;
$custom-light: #855c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 62.044,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34919,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A6F

secondary

#64A441

accent

#E5437C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A6F

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

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