#511E6E#511E6E

#511E6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.135 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E6E
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 72.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.01, 38.10, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.01, 52.65, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.31% 0.0877 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(35.31% 0.135 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6715, 3.8038, 15.1316)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E6E #3B6E1E

analogous

#291E6E #511E6E #6E1E63

triadic

#511E6E #6E511E #1E6E51

tetradic

#511E6E #6E291E #3B6E1E #1E636E

square

#511E6E #6E291E #3B6E1E #1E636E

split-complementary

#511E6E #636E1E #1E6E29

monochromatic

#120718 #2E113E #511E6E #742B9E #973CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#511E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#511E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E6E

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E6E	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.135 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e98',
    500: '#511e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e6e;
$custom-light: #855e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35309,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E6E

secondary

#67A246

accent

#E0477F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E6E

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

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