#511A97#511A97

#511A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.184 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511A97
RGB	rgb(81, 26, 151)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 82.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 50.06, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 76.17, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0812 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.184 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3472, 4.7223, 29.6912)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511A97 #60971A

analogous

#1A2297 #511A97 #901A97

triadic

#511A97 #97511A #1A9751

tetradic

#511A97 #971A22 #60971A #1A9790

square

#511A97 #971A22 #60971A #1A9790

split-complementary

#511A97 #97901A #22971A

monochromatic

#19082F #351163 #511A97 #6D23CB #8D4BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#511A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#511A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511A97

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511A97	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 26, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.184 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fb7',
    500: '#511a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511a97;
$custom-light: #8a5fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38449,
    "c": 0.18352,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511A97

secondary

#8EC24B

accent

#ED3A9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #511A97

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

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