#511A70#511A70

#511A70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.142 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A70
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 112)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.51, 40.43, -38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.51, 55.79, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(35% 0.0919 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(35% 0.142 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6868, 3.6581, 15.6799)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A70 #39701A

analogous

#261A70 #511A70 #701A64

triadic

#511A70 #70511A #1A7051

tetradic

#511A70 #70261A #39701A #1A6470

square

#511A70 #70261A #39701A #1A6470

split-complementary

#511A70 #64701A #1A7026

monochromatic

#120619 #2D0E3E #511A70 #7526A2 #9834D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#511A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#511A70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A70

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A70	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07376E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.142 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d9a',
    500: '#511a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a70;
$custom-light: #855d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.372,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34999,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A70

secondary

#65A541

accent

#E5427D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A70

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

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