#511E76#511E76

#511E76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.144 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E76
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 118)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 74.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 40.04, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 56.94, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.0865 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.144 307)
XYZ	xyz(7.1269, 3.9860, 17.5299)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E76 #43761E

analogous

#251E76 #511E76 #761E6F

triadic

#511E76 #76511E #1E7651

tetradic

#511E76 #76251E #43761E #1E6F76

square

#511E76 #76251E #43761E #1E6F76

split-complementary

#511E76 #6F761E #1E7625

monochromatic

#110618 #301245 #511E76 #722AA7 #9340CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#511E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#511E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E76

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E76	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.144 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865f9e',
    500: '#511e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e76;
$custom-light: #865f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.773,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3594,
    "c": 0.14386,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.03986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E76

secondary

#70AA46

accent

#E34587

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E76

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

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