#511E79#511E79

#511E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.147 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E79
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 40.79, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 58.55, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.086 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.147 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3080, 4.0584, 18.4838)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E79 #46791E

analogous

#231E79 #511E79 #791E74

triadic

#511E79 #79511E #1E7951

tetradic

#511E79 #79231E #46791E #1E7479

square

#511E79 #79231E #46791E #1E7479

split-complementary

#511E79 #74791E #1E7923

monochromatic

#100619 #301248 #511E79 #722AAA #9141D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#511E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#511E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E79

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E79	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.147 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa0',
    500: '#511e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e79;
$custom-light: #865fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.626,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36184,
    "c": 0.14716,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E79

secondary

#73AD46

accent

#E3448A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E79

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

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