#511E61#511E61

#511E61 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.121 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E61
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 97)
HSL	hsl(286, 53%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 69.1%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.09, 35.06, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.09, 45.71, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(34.36% 0.0887 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(34.36% 0.121 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0150, 3.5412, 11.6736)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E61 #2E611E

analogous

#301E61 #511E61 #611E4F

triadic

#511E61 #61511E #1E6151

tetradic

#511E61 #61301E #2E611E #1E4F61

square

#511E61 #61301E #2E611E #1E4F61

split-complementary

#511E61 #4F611E #1E6130

monochromatic

#140717 #2A1032 #511E61 #782C90 #9F3BBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#511E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#511E61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E61

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E61	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20365F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.121 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e8e',
    500: '#511e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e61;
$custom-light: #845e8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.672,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34356,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E61

secondary

#589645

accent

#DC4C6E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E61

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

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