#511D6C#511D6C

#511D6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.134 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D6C
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 108)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 73.1%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 38.10, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 52.12, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0891 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.134 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5390, 3.7109, 14.5563)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D6C #386C1D

analogous

#2A1D6C #511D6C #6C1D60

triadic

#511D6C #6C511D #1D6C51

tetradic

#511D6C #6C2A1D #386C1D #1D606C

square

#511D6C #6C2A1D #386C1D #1D606C

split-complementary

#511D6C #606C1D #1D6C2A

monochromatic

#120618 #2D103C #511D6C #752A9C #9939CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#511D6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#511D6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D6C

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D6C	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13376A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.134 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e97',
    500: '#511d6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d6c;
$custom-light: #855e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.494,
    "s": 57.664,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35033,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D6C

secondary

#64A144

accent

#E1477C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D6C

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

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