#511D95#511D95

#511D95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.179 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511D95
RGB	rgb(81, 29, 149)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 80.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 48.35, -55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 73.84, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.0797 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.179 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2561, 4.7978, 28.8663)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511D95 #61951D

analogous

#1D2595 #511D95 #8D1D95

triadic

#511D95 #95511D #1D9551

tetradic

#511D95 #951D25 #61951D #1D958D

square

#511D95 #951D25 #61951D #1D958D

split-complementary

#511D95 #958D1D #25951D

monochromatic

#19092F #351362 #511D95 #6D27C8 #8D50DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#511D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#511D95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511D95

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511D95	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 29, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.179 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960b5',
    500: '#511d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511d95;
$custom-light: #8960b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 67.416,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38546,
    "c": 0.17866,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511D95

secondary

#8EC04E

accent

#EA3D9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #511D95

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

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