#511D54#511D54

#511D54 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.109 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D54
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 84)
HSL	hsl(297, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(297, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 65.5%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.09, 32.74, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.09, 39.61, 325.74°)
OKLab	oklab(33.36% 0.0897 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(33.36% 0.109 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4328, 3.2685, 8.7305)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D54 #20541D

analogous

#361D54 #511D54 #541D3C

triadic

#511D54 #54511D #1D5451

tetradic

#511D54 #54361D #20541D #1D3C54

square

#511D54 #54361D #20541D #1D3C54

split-complementary

#511D54 #3C541D #1D5436

monochromatic

#160817 #250D27 #511D54 #7D2D81 #A93CAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#511D54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#511D54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D54

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D54	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#152F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532535

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.109 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d84',
    500: '#511d54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d54;
$custom-light: #845d84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.727,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33363,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D54

secondary

#478944

accent

#D85057

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D54

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

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