#511E69#511E69

#511E69 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.130 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E69
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 105)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.65, 36.91, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.65, 49.97, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% 0.0882 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.13 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4070, 3.6980, 13.7381)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E69 #36691E

analogous

#2C1E69 #511E69 #691E5C

triadic

#511E69 #69511E #1E6951

tetradic

#511E69 #692C1E #36691E #1E5C69

square

#511E69 #692C1E #36691E #1E5C69

split-complementary

#511E69 #5C691E #1E692C

monochromatic

#120718 #2C1039 #511E69 #762C99 #9A3BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#511E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#511E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E69

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E69	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.130 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e94',
    500: '#511e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e69;
$custom-light: #855e94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34932,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E69

secondary

#629E45

accent

#DF4979

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E69

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

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