#511C4F#511C4F

#511C4F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.106 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511C4F
RGB	rgb(81, 28, 79)
HSL	hsl(302, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(302, 65%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 2.5%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.61, 32.23, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.61, 37.76, 328.60°)
OKLab	oklab(32.92% 0.0907 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(32.92% 0.106 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2198, 3.1447, 7.7277)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511C4F #1C511E

analogous

#391C51 #511C4F #511C35

triadic

#511C4F #4F511C #1C4F51

tetradic

#511C4F #51391C #1C511E #1C3551

square

#511C4F #51391C #1C511E #1C3551

split-complementary

#511C4F #35511C #1C5139

monochromatic

#170816 #240C23 #511C4F #7E2C7B #AC3BA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.89

#511C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#511C4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511C4F

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511C4F	1.00	12.89	1.63	12.89
#FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#172D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29344E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542232

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 28, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.106 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c80',
    500: '#511c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511c4f;
$custom-light: #845c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.264,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32924,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511C4F

secondary

#428745

accent

#D85550

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511C4F

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

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