#511B60#511B60

#511B60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.124 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511B60
RGB	rgb(81, 27, 96)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.50, 36.30, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.50, 46.86, 320.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.91% 0.0925 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(33.91% 0.124 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8963, 3.3780, 11.4055)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511B60 #2A601B

analogous

#2F1B60 #511B60 #601B4D

triadic

#511B60 #60511B #1B6051

tetradic

#511B60 #602F1B #2A601B #1B4D60

square

#511B60 #602F1B #2A601B #1B4D60

split-complementary

#511B60 #4D601B #1B602F

monochromatic

#140718 #290E30 #511B60 #792890 #A236C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#511B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#511B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511B60

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511B60	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E355E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 27, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.124 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c8d',
    500: '#511b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511b60;
$custom-light: #845c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33906,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511B60

secondary

#549641

accent

#DF4869

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511B60

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

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