#511D61#511D61

#511D61 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.122 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D61
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 97)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.91, 35.56, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.91, 46.28, 320.20°)
OKLab	oklab(34.23% 0.09 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(34.23% 0.122 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9901, 3.4914, 11.6653)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D61 #2D611D

analogous

#2F1D61 #511D61 #611D4F

triadic

#511D61 #61511D #1D6151

tetradic

#511D61 #612F1D #2D611D #1D4F61

square

#511D61 #612F1D #2D611D #1D4F61

split-complementary

#511D61 #4F611D #1D612F

monochromatic

#140718 #2A0F32 #511D61 #782B90 #A039BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#511D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#511D61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D61

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D61	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F365F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50293C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.122 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d8e',
    500: '#511d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d61;
$custom-light: #845d8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34226,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D61

secondary

#579644

accent

#DD4A6D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D61

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

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