#511E4D#511E4D

#511E4D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.100 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E4D
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 77)
HSL	hsl(305, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(305, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 4.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.88, 30.80, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.88, 35.63, 329.83°)
OKLab	oklab(33.08% 0.0874 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(33.08% 0.1 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1971, 3.2141, 7.3664)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E4D #1E5122

analogous

#3C1E51 #511E4D #511E34

triadic

#511E4D #4D511E #1E4D51

tetradic

#511E4D #513C1E #1E5122 #1E3451

square

#511E4D #513C1E #1E5122 #1E3451

split-complementary

#511E4D #34511E #1E513C

monochromatic

#160815 #240D23 #511E4D #7E2F77 #AA3FA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#511E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#511E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E4D

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E4D	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B2E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B354C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.100 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d7f',
    500: '#511e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e4d;
$custom-light: #845d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.706,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33083,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E4D

secondary

#45864A

accent

#D65C52

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E4D

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

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