#511D50#511D50

#511D50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.105 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D50
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 80)
HSL	hsl(301, 47%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(301, 64%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 1.2%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.86, 31.92, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.86, 37.66, 327.97°)
OKLab	oklab(33.12% 0.0893 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(33.12% 0.105 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2806, 3.2076, 7.9289)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D50 #1D511E

analogous

#381D51 #511D50 #511D36

triadic

#511D50 #50511D #1D5051

tetradic

#511D50 #51381D #1D511E #1D3651

square

#511D50 #51381D #1D511E #1D3651

split-complementary

#511D50 #36511D #1D5138

monochromatic

#170816 #240D23 #511D50 #7E2D7D #AB3DA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#511D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#511D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D50

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D50	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29354F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542333

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.105 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d81',
    500: '#511d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d50;
$custom-light: #845d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.154,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33119,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D50

secondary

#448645

accent

#D75351

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D50

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

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