#511E51#511E51

#511E51 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.104 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E51
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 81)
HSL	hsl(300, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(300, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.10, 31.61, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.10, 37.54, 327.34°)
OKLab	oklab(33.32% 0.088 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(33.32% 0.104 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3427, 3.2723, 8.1332)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E51 #1E511E

analogous

#381E51 #511E51 #511E38

triadic

#511E51 #51511E #1E5151

tetradic

#511E51 #51381E #1E511E #1E3851

square

#511E51 #51381E #1E511E #1E3851

split-complementary

#511E51 #38511E #1E5138

monochromatic

#160816 #240D24 #511E51 #7E2F7E #AA3FAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#511E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#511E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E51

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E51	1.00	12.69	1.65	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542434

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.104 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d82',
    500: '#511e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e51;
$custom-light: #845d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33317,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E51

secondary

#458645

accent

#D65252

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E51

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

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