#511C56#511C56

#511C56 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.113 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511C56
RGB	rgb(81, 28, 86)
HSL	hsl(295, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 67.4%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.03, 33.66, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.03, 41.19, 324.81°)
OKLab	oklab(33.36% 0.0912 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(33.36% 0.113 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4882, 3.2520, 9.1409)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511C56 #21561C

analogous

#341C56 #511C56 #561C3E

triadic

#511C56 #56511C #1C5651

tetradic

#511C56 #56341C #21561C #1C3E56

square

#511C56 #56341C #21561C #1C3E56

split-complementary

#511C56 #3E561C #1C5634

monochromatic

#160817 #260D28 #511C56 #7C2B84 #A83AB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#511C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#511C56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511C56

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511C56	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#112E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 28, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.113 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c86',
    500: '#511c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511c56;
$custom-light: #845c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.828,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33357,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511C56

secondary

#498C42

accent

#DA4D5A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511C56

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

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