#511C4A#511C4A

#511C4A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.101 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511C4A
RGB	rgb(81, 28, 74)
HSL	hsl(308, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(308, 65%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 8.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.34, 31.26, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.34, 35.45, 331.87°)
OKLab	oklab(32.63% 0.09 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(32.63% 0.101 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0446, 3.0746, 6.8050)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511C4A #1C5123

analogous

#3E1C51 #511C4A #511C30

triadic

#511C4A #4A511C #1C4A51

tetradic

#511C4A #513E1C #1C5123 #1C3051

square

#511C4A #513E1C #1C5123 #1C3051

split-complementary

#511C4A #30511C #1C513E

monochromatic

#170815 #240C20 #511C4A #7E2C74 #AC3B9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#511C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#511C4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511C4A

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511C4A	1.00	13.00	1.61	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B2C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 28, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.101 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c7c',
    500: '#511c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511c4a;
$custom-light: #845c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.925,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32634,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511C4A

secondary

#42874B

accent

#D86250

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #511C4A

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

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