#511E4B#511E4B

#511E4B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.098 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E4B
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 75)
HSL	hsl(307, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(307, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 7.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.77, 30.42, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.77, 34.71, 331.21°)
OKLab	oklab(32.97% 0.0871 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(32.97% 0.098 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1276, 3.1862, 7.0002)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E4B #1E5124

analogous

#3E1E51 #511E4B #511E32

triadic

#511E4B #4B511E #1E4B51

tetradic

#511E4B #513E1E #1E5124 #1E3251

square

#511E4B #513E1E #1E5124 #1E3251

split-complementary

#511E4B #32511E #1E513E

monochromatic

#160815 #240D22 #511E4B #7E2F74 #AA3F9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.83

#511E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#511E4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E4B

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E4B	1.00	12.83	1.64	12.83
#FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C354A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.098 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d7d',
    500: '#511e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e4b;
$custom-light: #845d7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.059,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3297,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E4B

secondary

#45864C

accent

#D66252

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E4B

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

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