#511D56#511D56

#511D56 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.111 H 324.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D56
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 86)
HSL	hsl(295, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(295, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.21, 33.16, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.21, 40.61, 324.73°)
OKLab	oklab(33.49% 0.0899 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(33.49% 0.111 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5123, 3.3003, 9.1490)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D56 #22561D

analogous

#351D56 #511D56 #561D3E

triadic

#511D56 #56511D #1D5651

tetradic

#511D56 #56351D #22561D #1D3E56

square

#511D56 #56351D #22561D #1D3E56

split-complementary

#511D56 #3E561D #1D5635

monochromatic

#160817 #260E28 #511D56 #7C2C84 #A73CB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#511D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#511D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D56

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D56	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.111 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d86',
    500: '#511d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d56;
$custom-light: #845d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.737,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33489,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D56

secondary

#4A8B44

accent

#D94F5B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D56

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

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