#511E50#511E50

#511E50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.103 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E50
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 80)
HSL	hsl(301, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(301, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 1.2%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 31.40, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 37.06, 327.93°)
OKLab	oklab(33.26% 0.0879 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(33.26% 0.103 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3055, 3.2574, 7.9372)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E50 #1E511F

analogous

#391E51 #511E50 #511E37

triadic

#511E50 #50511E #1E5051

tetradic

#511E50 #51391E #1E511F #1E3751

square

#511E50 #51391E #1E511F #1E3751

split-complementary

#511E50 #37511E #1E5139

monochromatic

#160816 #240D24 #511E50 #7E2F7C #AA3FA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#511E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#511E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E50

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E50	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A354F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542434

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.103 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d81',
    500: '#511e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e50;
$custom-light: #845d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.176,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33258,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E50

secondary

#458646

accent

#D65552

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E50

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

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