#511E4A#511E4A

#511E4A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.097 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E4A
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 74)
HSL	hsl(308, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(308, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 8.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.72, 30.22, -16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.72, 34.25, 331.93°)
OKLab	oklab(32.92% 0.0869 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(32.92% 0.097 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0936, 3.1727, 6.8213)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E4A #1E5125

analogous

#3F1E51 #511E4A #511E31

triadic

#511E4A #4A511E #1E4A51

tetradic

#511E4A #513F1E #1E5125 #1E3151

square

#511E4A #513F1E #1E5125 #1E3151

split-complementary

#511E4A #31511E #1E513F

monochromatic

#160814 #240D21 #511E4A #7E2F73 #AA3F9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#511E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#511E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E4A

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E4A	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D2D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.097 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d7c',
    500: '#511e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e4a;
$custom-light: #845d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.235,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32915,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E4A

secondary

#45864E

accent

#D66452

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E4A

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

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