#511D69#511D69

#511D69 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.131 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D69
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 105)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 72.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 37.40, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 50.51, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0895 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.131 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3821, 3.6482, 13.7298)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D69 #35691D

analogous

#2B1D69 #511D69 #691D5B

triadic

#511D69 #69511D #1D6951

tetradic

#511D69 #692B1D #35691D #1D5B69

square

#511D69 #692B1D #35691D #1D5B69

split-complementary

#511D69 #5B691D #1D692B

monochromatic

#120718 #2C1039 #511D69 #762A99 #9B38C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#511D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#511D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D69

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D69	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.131 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e94',
    500: '#511d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d69;
$custom-light: #855e94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34807,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D69

secondary

#609E44

accent

#E04878

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D69

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

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