#511C4E#511C4E

#511C4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.105 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511C4E
RGB	rgb(81, 28, 78)
HSL	hsl(303, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(303, 65%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.56, 32.03, -19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.56, 37.29, 329.21°)
OKLab	oklab(32.87% 0.0905 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(32.87% 0.105 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1837, 3.1303, 7.5374)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511C4E #1C511F

analogous

#3A1C51 #511C4E #511C34

triadic

#511C4E #4E511C #1C4E51

tetradic

#511C4E #513A1C #1C511F #1C3451

square

#511C4E #513A1C #1C511F #1C3451

split-complementary

#511C4E #34511C #1C513A

monochromatic

#170816 #240C22 #511C4E #7E2C7A #AC3BA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.92

#511C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#511C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511C4E

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511C4E	1.00	12.92	1.63	12.92
#FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A344D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542232

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 28, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.105 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c80',
    500: '#511c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511c4e;
$custom-light: #845c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.396,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32865,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511C4E

secondary

#428746

accent

#D85750

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511C4E

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

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