#511E49#511E49

#511E49 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.096 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E49
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 73)
HSL	hsl(309, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(309, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 9.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.67, 30.03, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.67, 33.80, 332.67°)
OKLab	oklab(32.86% 0.0867 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(32.86% 0.096 334)
XYZ	xyz(5.0602, 3.1593, 6.6453)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E49 #1E5126

analogous

#401E51 #511E49 #511E30

triadic

#511E49 #49511E #1E4951

tetradic

#511E49 #51401E #1E5126 #1E3051

square

#511E49 #51401E #1E5126 #1E3051

split-complementary

#511E49 #30511E #1E5140

monochromatic

#160814 #240D21 #511E49 #7E2F71 #AA3F99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#511E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#511E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E49

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E49	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D2D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.096 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d7c',
    500: '#511e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e49;
$custom-light: #845d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.412,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3286,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.03159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E49

secondary

#45864F

accent

#D66752

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E49

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

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