#511D62#511D62

#511D62 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.124 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D62
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 98)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 35.78, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 46.81, 319.86°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% 0.0899 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.124 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0370, 3.5101, 11.9124)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.82

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D62 #2E621D

analogous

#2E1D62 #511D62 #621D51

triadic

#511D62 #62511D #1D6251

tetradic

#511D62 #622E1D #2E621D #1D5162

square

#511D62 #622E1D #2E621D #1D5162

split-complementary

#511D62 #51621D #1D622E

monochromatic

#140718 #2A0F33 #511D62 #782B91 #9F39C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#511D62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#511D62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D62

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D62	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.124 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d8f',
    500: '#511d62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d62;
$custom-light: #845d8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.217,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34297,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D62

secondary

#589744

accent

#DE4A6E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D62

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

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