#511B56#511B56

#511B56 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.114 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511B56
RGB	rgb(81, 27, 86)
HSL	hsl(295, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(295, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.85, 34.15, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.85, 41.75, 324.88°)
OKLab	oklab(33.23% 0.0926 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(33.23% 0.114 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4648, 3.2054, 9.1332)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511B56 #20561B

analogous

#341B56 #511B56 #561B3E

triadic

#511B56 #56511B #1B5651

tetradic

#511B56 #56341B #20561B #1B3E56

square

#511B56 #56341B #20561B #1B3E56

split-complementary

#511B56 #3E561B #1B5634

monochromatic

#160717 #250C27 #511B56 #7D2A85 #A938B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#511B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#511B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511B56

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511B56	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#102E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 27, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.114 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c86',
    500: '#511b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511b56;
$custom-light: #845c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.915,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33228,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511B56

secondary

#478C41

accent

#DC4C58

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511B56

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

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