#511E4E#511E4E

#511E4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.101 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E4E
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 78)
HSL	hsl(304, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(304, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.94, 31.00, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.94, 36.10, 329.18°)
OKLab	oklab(33.14% 0.0876 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(33.14% 0.101 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2327, 3.2283, 7.5538)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E4E #1E5121

analogous

#3B1E51 #511E4E #511E35

triadic

#511E4E #4E511E #1E4E51

tetradic

#511E4E #513B1E #1E5121 #1E3551

square

#511E4E #513B1E #1E5121 #1E3551

split-complementary

#511E4E #35511E #1E513B

monochromatic

#160816 #240D23 #511E4E #7E2F79 #AA3FA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#511E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#511E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E4E

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E4E	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B354D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542333

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.101 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d7f',
    500: '#511e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e4e;
$custom-light: #845d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33141,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E4E

secondary

#458649

accent

#D65A52

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E4E

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

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