#511D76#511D76

#511D76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.145 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D76
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 118)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 40.51, -40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 57.46, 314.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0876 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.145 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1020, 3.9362, 17.5216)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D76 #42761D

analogous

#251D76 #511D76 #761D6F

triadic

#511D76 #76511D #1D7651

tetradic

#511D76 #76251D #42761D #1D6F76

square

#511D76 #76251D #42761D #1D6F76

split-complementary

#511D76 #6F761D #1D7625

monochromatic

#110619 #2F1145 #511D76 #7329A7 #933ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#511D76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#511D76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D76

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D76	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.145 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865e9e',
    500: '#511d76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d76;
$custom-light: #865e9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.056,
    "s": 60.544,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35822,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D76

secondary

#6FAA45

accent

#E44486

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D76

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

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