#511C60#511C60

#511C60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.123 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511C60
RGB	rgb(81, 28, 96)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 70.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.67, 35.82, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.67, 46.31, 320.67°)
OKLab	oklab(34.03% 0.0913 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(34.03% 0.123 318)
XYZ	xyz(5.9196, 3.4246, 11.4133)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511C60 #2B601C

analogous

#2F1C60 #511C60 #601C4D

triadic

#511C60 #60511C #1C6051

tetradic

#511C60 #602F1C #2B601C #1C4D60

square

#511C60 #602F1C #2B601C #1C4D60

split-complementary

#511C60 #4D601C #1C602F

monochromatic

#140718 #290E31 #511C60 #792A8F #A138BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#511C60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#511C60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511C60

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511C60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511C60	1.00	12.46	1.68	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F365E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511c60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 28, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.123 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d8d',
    500: '#511c60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511c60;
$custom-light: #845d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511c60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.765,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3403,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.03424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511C60

secondary

#559542

accent

#DE4A6A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511C60

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

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