#511E60#511E60

#511E60 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.120 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E60
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 96)
HSL	hsl(286, 52%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 68.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 34.83, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 45.19, 320.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.0887 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.12 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9686, 3.5227, 11.4296)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E60 #2D601E

analogous

#301E60 #511E60 #601E4E

triadic

#511E60 #60511E #1E6051

tetradic

#511E60 #60301E #2D601E #1E4E60

square

#511E60 #60301E #2D601E #1E4E60

split-complementary

#511E60 #4E601E #1E6030

monochromatic

#140717 #2A0F31 #511E60 #782D8F #A03BBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#511E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#511E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E60

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E60	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20365E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.120 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e8d',
    500: '#511e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e60;
$custom-light: #845e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34286,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E60

secondary

#579545

accent

#DC4C6D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E60

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

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