#511D57#511D57

#511D57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.112 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D57
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 87)
HSL	hsl(294, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.27, 33.37, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.27, 41.11, 324.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.55% 0.0899 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(33.55% 0.112 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5528, 3.3165, 9.3626)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D57 #23571D

analogous

#341D57 #511D57 #571D40

triadic

#511D57 #57511D #1D5751

tetradic

#511D57 #57341D #23571D #1D4057

square

#511D57 #57341D #23571D #1D4057

split-complementary

#511D57 #40571D #1D5734

monochromatic

#150817 #260E29 #511D57 #7C2C85 #A63CB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#511D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#511D57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D57

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D57	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#122F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.112 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d86',
    500: '#511d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d57;
$custom-light: #845d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.793,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33553,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D57

secondary

#4B8C44

accent

#DA4E5D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D57

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

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