#511B62#511B62

#511B62 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.126 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511B62
RGB	rgb(81, 27, 98)
HSL	hsl(286, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.64, 36.75, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.64, 47.90, 320.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0924 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.126 317)
XYZ	xyz(5.9896, 3.4153, 11.8966)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511B62 #2C621B

analogous

#2E1B62 #511B62 #621B50

triadic

#511B62 #62511B #1B6251

tetradic

#511B62 #622E1B #2C621B #1B5062

square

#511B62 #622E1B #2C621B #1B5062

split-complementary

#511B62 #50621B #1B622E

monochromatic

#140718 #290E32 #511B62 #792892 #A035C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#511B62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#511B62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511B62

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511B62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511B62	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50293C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511b62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 27, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.126 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c8f',
    500: '#511b62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511b62;
$custom-light: #845c8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511b62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34049,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.03415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511B62

secondary

#569841

accent

#E0486C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511B62

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

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