#511E57#511E57

#511E57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.110 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E57
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 87)
HSL	hsl(294, 49%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(294, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 65.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.45, 32.86, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.45, 40.53, 324.17°)
OKLab	oklab(33.69% 0.0885 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(33.69% 0.11 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5777, 3.3663, 9.3709)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E57 #24571E

analogous

#341E57 #511E57 #571E40

triadic

#511E57 #57511E #1E5751

tetradic

#511E57 #57341E #24571E #1E4057

square

#511E57 #57341E #24571E #1E4057

split-complementary

#511E57 #40571E #1E5734

monochromatic

#150817 #270E29 #511E57 #7B2E85 #A63DB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#511E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#511E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E57

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E57	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.110 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e86',
    500: '#511e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e57;
$custom-light: #845e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33688,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E57

secondary

#4C8C45

accent

#D8505E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E57

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

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