#511C52#511C52

#511C52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.109 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511C52
RGB	rgb(81, 28, 82)
HSL	hsl(299, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 65.9%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.79, 32.83, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.79, 39.21, 326.87°)
OKLab	oklab(33.11% 0.091 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(33.11% 0.109 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3315, 3.1894, 8.3158)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511C52 #1D521C

analogous

#361C52 #511C52 #521C38

triadic

#511C52 #52511C #1C5251

tetradic

#511C52 #52361C #1D521C #1C3852

square

#511C52 #52361C #1D521C #1C3852

split-complementary

#511C52 #38521C #1C5236

monochromatic

#170817 #240C24 #511C52 #7E2C80 #AB3BAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#511C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#511C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511C52

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511C52	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#152E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 28, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.109 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c83',
    500: '#511c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511c52;
$custom-light: #845c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.889,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33106,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511C52

secondary

#448842

accent

#D94F52

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511C52

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

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