#511C61#511C61

#511C61 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.124 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511C61
RGB	rgb(81, 28, 97)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 36.05, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 46.83, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.1% 0.0913 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(34.1% 0.124 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9660, 3.4432, 11.6573)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511C61 #2C611C

analogous

#2F1C61 #511C61 #611C4F

triadic

#511C61 #61511C #1C6151

tetradic

#511C61 #612F1C #2C611C #1C4F61

square

#511C61 #612F1C #2C611C #1C4F61

split-complementary

#511C61 #4F611C #1C612F

monochromatic

#140718 #290E32 #511C61 #792A90 #A037C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#511C61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#511C61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511C61

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511C61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511C61	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E365F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50293C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511c61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 28, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.124 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d8e',
    500: '#511c61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511c61;
$custom-light: #845d8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511c61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.341,
    "c": 0.12392,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511C61

secondary

#569643

accent

#DF496C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511C61

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

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