#511E5E#511E5E

#511E5E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.118 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E5E
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 94)
HSL	hsl(288, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(288, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 68.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 34.38, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 44.14, 321.17°)
OKLab	oklab(34.15% 0.0887 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(34.15% 0.118 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8777, 3.4863, 10.9508)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E5E #2B5E1E

analogous

#311E5E #511E5E #5E1E4B

triadic

#511E5E #5E511E #1E5E51

tetradic

#511E5E #5E311E #2B5E1E #1E4B5E

square

#511E5E #5E311E #2B5E1E #1E4B5E

split-complementary

#511E5E #4B5E1E #1E5E31

monochromatic

#140717 #290F30 #511E5E #792D8C #A13CBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#511E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#511E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E5E

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E5E	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22365C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.118 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e8c',
    500: '#511e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e5e;
$custom-light: #845e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.813,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34149,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E5E

secondary

#559345

accent

#DB4D6A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E5E

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

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