#511E53#511E53

#511E53 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.106 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E53
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 83)
HSL	hsl(298, 47%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(298, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 63.9%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 32.02, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 38.52, 326.21°)
OKLab	oklab(33.44% 0.0882 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(33.44% 0.106 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.4188, 3.3027, 8.5340)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E53 #20531E

analogous

#371E53 #511E53 #531E3B

triadic

#511E53 #53511E #1E5351

tetradic

#511E53 #53371E #20531E #1E3B53

square

#511E53 #53371E #20531E #1E3B53

split-complementary

#511E53 #3B531E #1E5337

monochromatic

#160816 #250E26 #511E53 #7D2E80 #A93EAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#511E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#511E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E53

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E53	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#172F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532535

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.106 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d83',
    500: '#511e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e53;
$custom-light: #845d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.736,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33438,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E53

secondary

#478845

accent

#D75156

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E53

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

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