#511E6A#511E6A

#511E6A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.131 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E6A
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.72, 37.14, -34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.72, 50.50, 317.35°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.0882 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.131 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4587, 3.7187, 14.0104)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E6A #376A1E

analogous

#2B1E6A #511E6A #6A1E5D

triadic

#511E6A #6A511E #1E6A51

tetradic

#511E6A #6A2B1E #376A1E #1E5D6A

square

#511E6A #6A2B1E #376A1E #1E5D6A

split-complementary

#511E6A #5D6A1E #1E6A2B

monochromatic

#120718 #2D113A #511E6A #752C9A #993BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#511E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#511E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E6A

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E6A	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.131 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e95',
    500: '#511e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e6a;
$custom-light: #855e95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.263,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35006,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E6A

secondary

#639E45

accent

#DF497A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E6A

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

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