#511C50#511C50

#511C50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.107 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511C50
RGB	rgb(81, 28, 80)
HSL	hsl(301, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(301, 65%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 1.2%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.67, 32.43, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.67, 38.24, 328.00°)
OKLab	oklab(32.98% 0.0908 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(32.98% 0.107 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2565, 3.1594, 7.9208)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511C50 #1C511D

analogous

#381C51 #511C50 #511C36

triadic

#511C50 #50511C #1C5051

tetradic

#511C50 #51381C #1C511D #1C3651

square

#511C50 #51381C #1C511D #1C3651

split-complementary

#511C50 #36511C #1C5138

monochromatic

#170816 #240C23 #511C50 #7E2C7D #AC3BAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#511C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#511C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511C50

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511C50	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#172D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29344F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 28, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.107 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c81',
    500: '#511c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511c50;
$custom-light: #845c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.132,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32984,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511C50

secondary

#428744

accent

#D85250

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511C50

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

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