#511E59#511E59

#511E59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.112 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E59
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 89)
HSL	hsl(292, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(292, 66%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 66.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.58, 33.29, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.58, 41.55, 323.24°)
OKLab	oklab(33.82% 0.0886 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(33.82% 0.112 322)
XYZ	xyz(5.6606, 3.3994, 9.8072)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E59 #26591E

analogous

#331E59 #511E59 #591E43

triadic

#511E59 #59511E #1E5951

tetradic

#511E59 #59331E #26591E #1E4359

square

#511E59 #59331E #26591E #1E4359

split-complementary

#511E59 #43591E #1E5933

monochromatic

#150817 #270F2B #511E59 #7B2D87 #A43DB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#511E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#511E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E59

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E59	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11305B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.112 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e88',
    500: '#511e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e59;
$custom-light: #845e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.864,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33817,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.03399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E59

secondary

#4F8E45

accent

#D94F61

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E59

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

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