#511D60#511D60

#511D60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.121 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D60
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 96)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 69.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.85, 35.33, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.85, 45.76, 320.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.16% 0.09 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(34.16% 0.121 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9437, 3.4728, 11.4213)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D60 #2C601D

analogous

#301D60 #511D60 #601D4E

triadic

#511D60 #60511D #1D6051

tetradic

#511D60 #60301D #2C601D #1D4E60

square

#511D60 #60301D #2C601D #1D4E60

split-complementary

#511D60 #4E601D #1D6030

monochromatic

#140718 #290F31 #511D60 #792B8F #A039BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#511D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#511D60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D60

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D60	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20365E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.121 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d8d',
    500: '#511d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d60;
$custom-light: #845d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.567,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34156,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D60

secondary

#569544

accent

#DD4B6C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D60

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

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