#511E52#511E52

#511E52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.105 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E52
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 82)
HSL	hsl(299, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(299, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.16, 31.81, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.16, 38.03, 326.77°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% 0.0881 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.105 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3805, 3.2874, 8.3321)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E52 #1F521E

analogous

#371E52 #511E52 #521E39

triadic

#511E52 #52511E #1E5251

tetradic

#511E52 #52371E #1F521E #1E3952

square

#511E52 #52371E #1F521E #1E3952

split-complementary

#511E52 #39521E #1E5237

monochromatic

#160816 #250E25 #511E52 #7D2E7F #AA3FAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#511E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#511E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E52

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E52	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532535

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.105 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d83',
    500: '#511e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e52;
$custom-light: #845d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.846,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33377,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E52

secondary

#468745

accent

#D65254

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E52

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

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