#511E6C#511E6C

#511E6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.133 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E6C
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 108)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 72.2%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.86, 37.62, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.86, 51.57, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.16% 0.088 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(35.16% 0.133 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5639, 3.7607, 14.5646)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E6C #396C1E

analogous

#2A1E6C #511E6C #6C1E60

triadic

#511E6C #6C511E #1E6C51

tetradic

#511E6C #6C2A1E #396C1E #1E606C

square

#511E6C #6C2A1E #396C1E #1E606C

split-complementary

#511E6C #606C1E #1E6C2A

monochromatic

#120718 #2D113C #511E6C #752B9C #983CC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#511E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#511E6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E6C

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E6C	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14386A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.133 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e97',
    500: '#511e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e6c;
$custom-light: #855e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35157,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E6C

secondary

#65A045

accent

#E0487D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E6C

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

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