#511E58#511E58

#511E58 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.111 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E58
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 88)
HSL	hsl(293, 49%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(293, 66%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 65.9%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.52, 33.07, -24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.52, 41.04, 323.70°)
OKLab	oklab(33.75% 0.0886 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(33.75% 0.111 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6189, 3.3828, 9.5876)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E58 #25581E

analogous

#341E58 #511E58 #581E42

triadic

#511E58 #58511E #1E5851

tetradic

#511E58 #58341E #25581E #1E4258

square

#511E58 #58341E #25581E #1E4258

split-complementary

#511E58 #42581E #1E5834

monochromatic

#150817 #270E2A #511E58 #7B2E86 #A53DB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#511E58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#511E58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E58

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E58	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12305A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.111 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e87',
    500: '#511e58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e58;
$custom-light: #845e87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.759,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33752,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E58

secondary

#4E8D45

accent

#D94F60

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E58

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

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