#511E65#511E65

#511E65 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.125 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E65
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 101)
HSL	hsl(283, 54%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 35.97, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 47.83, 318.77°)
OKLab	oklab(34.64% 0.0885 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(34.64% 0.125 315)
XYZ	xyz(6.2062, 3.6177, 12.6808)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.39

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E65 #32651E

analogous

#2E1E65 #511E65 #651E55

triadic

#511E65 #65511E #1E6551

tetradic

#511E65 #652E1E #32651E #1E5565

square

#511E65 #652E1E #32651E #1E5565

split-complementary

#511E65 #55651E #1E652E

monochromatic

#130718 #2B1036 #511E65 #772C94 #9D3AC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#511E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#511E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E65

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E65	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.125 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e91',
    500: '#511e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e65;
$custom-light: #845e91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.099,
    "s": 54.198,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34639,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.03617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E65

secondary

#5D9A45

accent

#DE4A74

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E65

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

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