#511E5C#511E5C

#511E5C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.116 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E5C
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 92)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 67.4%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.77, 33.94, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.77, 43.09, 321.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.01% 0.0887 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(34.01% 0.116 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7891, 3.4509, 10.4843)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E5C #295C1E

analogous

#321E5C #511E5C #5C1E48

triadic

#511E5C #5C511E #1E5C51

tetradic

#511E5C #5C321E #295C1E #1E485C

square

#511E5C #5C321E #295C1E #1E485C

split-complementary

#511E5C #485C1E #1E5C32

monochromatic

#140817 #280F2E #511E5C #7A2D8A #A23CB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#511E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#511E5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E5C

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E5C	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E315E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23365A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.116 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e8a',
    500: '#511e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e5c;
$custom-light: #845e8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.355,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34014,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E5C

secondary

#529145

accent

#DA4D66

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E5C

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

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