#511D5E#511D5E

#511D5E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.119 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D5E
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 94)
HSL	hsl(288, 53%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(288, 69%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 69.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.71, 34.89, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.71, 44.71, 321.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.02% 0.0901 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(34.02% 0.119 319)
XYZ	xyz(5.8528, 3.4365, 10.9425)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D5E #2A5E1D

analogous

#311D5E #511D5E #5E1D4B

triadic

#511D5E #5E511D #1D5E51

tetradic

#511D5E #5E311D #2A5E1D #1D4B5E

square

#511D5E #5E311D #2A5E1D #1D4B5E

split-complementary

#511D5E #4B5E1D #1D5E31

monochromatic

#140717 #290F2F #511D5E #792B8D #A23ABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#511D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#511D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D5E

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D5E	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21365C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.119 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d8c',
    500: '#511d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d5e;
$custom-light: #845d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34018,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.03436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D5E

secondary

#549344

accent

#DC4C68

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D5E

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

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