#511C89#511C89

#511C89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.167 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511C89
RGB	rgb(81, 28, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 79.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.91, 45.70, -50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.91, 68.04, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0841 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.167 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3228, 4.3859, 24.0701)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511C89 #54891C

analogous

#1C1E89 #511C89 #871C89

triadic

#511C89 #89511C #1C8951

tetradic

#511C89 #891C1E #54891C #1C8987

square

#511C89 #891C1E #54891C #1C8987

split-complementary

#511C89 #89871C #1E891C

monochromatic

#150723 #331256 #511C89 #6F26BC #8E46D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#511C89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#511C89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511C89

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511C89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511C89	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511c89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 28, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.167 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fac',
    500: '#511c89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511c89;
$custom-light: #885fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511c89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.174,
    "s": 66.061,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37342,
    "c": 0.16679,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511C89

secondary

#82BB46

accent

#E93F96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #511C89

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

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