#511A79#511A79

#511A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.152 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A79
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 42.58, -43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 60.54, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0901 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.152 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2132, 3.8687, 18.4522)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A79 #42791A

analogous

#221A79 #511A79 #791A72

triadic

#511A79 #79511A #1A7951

tetradic

#511A79 #79221A #42791A #1A7279

square

#511A79 #79221A #42791A #1A7279

split-complementary

#511A79 #72791A #1A7922

monochromatic

#110519 #2F0F47 #511A79 #7325AB #9339D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#511A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#511A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A79

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A79	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.152 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da0',
    500: '#511a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a79;
$custom-light: #865da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35739,
    "c": 0.15195,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A79

secondary

#6FAD41

accent

#E84087

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A79

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

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