#511E62#511E62

#511E62 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.122 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E62
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 98)
HSL	hsl(285, 53%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.16, 35.29, -29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.16, 46.24, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.0887 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.122 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0619, 3.5600, 11.9207)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E62 #2F621E

analogous

#2F1E62 #511E62 #621E51

triadic

#511E62 #62511E #1E6251

tetradic

#511E62 #622F1E #2F621E #1E5162

square

#511E62 #622F1E #2F621E #1E5162

split-complementary

#511E62 #51621E #1E622F

monochromatic

#130717 #2A1033 #511E62 #782C91 #9E3BC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#511E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#511E62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E62

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E62	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.122 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e8f',
    500: '#511e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e62;
$custom-light: #845e8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 53.125,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34426,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E62

secondary

#599745

accent

#DD4B70

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E62

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

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