#511D52#511D52

#511D52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.107 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D52
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 82)
HSL	hsl(299, 48%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(299, 65%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 64.6%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.97, 32.33, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.97, 38.63, 326.82°)
OKLab	oklab(33.24% 0.0895 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(33.24% 0.107 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3556, 3.2376, 8.3238)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D52 #1E521D

analogous

#371D52 #511D52 #521D39

triadic

#511D52 #52511D #1D5251

tetradic

#511D52 #52371D #1E521D #1D3952

square

#511D52 #52371D #1E521D #1D3952

split-complementary

#511D52 #39521D #1D5237

monochromatic

#160817 #240D25 #511D52 #7E2D7F #AA3DAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#511D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#511D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D52

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D52	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#162E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532434

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.107 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d83',
    500: '#511d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d52;
$custom-light: #845d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.868,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3324,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D52

secondary

#458744

accent

#D75053

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D52

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

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