#511E73#511E73

#511E73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.141 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E73
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 115)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 73.9%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 39.31, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 55.33, 315.27°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.087 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.141 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9515, 3.9158, 16.6060)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E73 #40731E

analogous

#261E73 #511E73 #731E6A

triadic

#511E73 #73511E #1E7351

tetradic

#511E73 #73261E #40731E #1E6A73

square

#511E73 #73261E #40731E #1E6A73

split-complementary

#511E73 #6A731E #1E7326

monochromatic

#110618 #2F1142 #511E73 #732BA4 #943FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#511E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#511E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E73

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E73	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.141 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f9c',
    500: '#511e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e73;
$custom-light: #855f9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.357,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E73

secondary

#6DA746

accent

#E24684

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E73

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

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