#511E5D#511E5D

#511E5D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.117 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E5D
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 93)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 67.7%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 34.16, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 43.61, 321.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.08% 0.0887 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(34.08% 0.117 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8331, 3.4685, 10.7160)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E5D #2A5D1E

analogous

#321E5D #511E5D #5D1E4A

triadic

#511E5D #5D511E #1E5D51

tetradic

#511E5D #5D321E #2A5D1E #1E4A5D

square

#511E5D #5D321E #2A5D1E #1E4A5D

split-complementary

#511E5D #4A5D1E #1E5D32

monochromatic

#140717 #290F2F #511E5D #792D8B #A23CBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#511E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#511E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E5D

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E5D	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C315F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23365B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51293A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.117 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e8b',
    500: '#511e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e5d;
$custom-light: #845e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34081,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E5D

secondary

#549245

accent

#DB4D68

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E5D

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

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