#511C4B#511C4B

#511C4B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.102 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511C4B
RGB	rgb(81, 28, 75)
HSL	hsl(307, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(307, 65%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 7.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.39, 31.45, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.39, 35.90, 331.17°)
OKLab	oklab(32.69% 0.0901 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(32.69% 0.102 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0786, 3.0882, 6.9838)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511C4B #1C5122

analogous

#3D1C51 #511C4B #511C31

triadic

#511C4B #4B511C #1C4B51

tetradic

#511C4B #513D1C #1C5122 #1C3151

square

#511C4B #513D1C #1C5122 #1C3151

split-complementary

#511C4B #31511C #1C513D

monochromatic

#170815 #240C21 #511C4B #7E2C75 #AC3B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.98

#511C4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#511C4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511C4B

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511C4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511C4B	1.00	12.98	1.62	12.98
#FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B344A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511c4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 28, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.102 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c7d',
    500: '#511c4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511c4b;
$custom-light: #845c7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511c4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.792,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32691,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511C4B

secondary

#42874A

accent

#D85F50

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #511C4B

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

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