#511D5D#511D5D

#511D5D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.118 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D5D
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 93)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 68.8%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.65, 34.67, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.65, 44.19, 321.67°)
OKLab	oklab(33.95% 0.0901 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(33.95% 0.118 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8082, 3.4186, 10.7077)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D5D #295D1D

analogous

#311D5D #511D5D #5D1D49

triadic

#511D5D #5D511D #1D5D51

tetradic

#511D5D #5D311D #295D1D #1D495D

square

#511D5D #5D311D #295D1D #1D495D

split-complementary

#511D5D #495D1D #1D5D31

monochromatic

#140717 #280E2E #511D5D #7A2C8C #A23ABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#511D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#511D5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D5D

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D5D	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A305F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22365B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.118 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d8b',
    500: '#511d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d5d;
$custom-light: #845d8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3395,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D5D

secondary

#529244

accent

#DC4C67

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D5D

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

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