#511E7A#511E7A

#511E7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.148 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E7A
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 41.04, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 59.09, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.0858 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.148 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3697, 4.0831, 18.8084)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E7A #477A1E

analogous

#231E7A #511E7A #7A1E75

triadic

#511E7A #7A511E #1E7A51

tetradic

#511E7A #7A231E #477A1E #1E757A

square

#511E7A #7A231E #477A1E #1E757A

split-complementary

#511E7A #757A1E #1E7A23

monochromatic

#100619 #301249 #511E7A #722AAB #9142D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#511E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#511E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E7A

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E7A	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.148 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa1',
    500: '#511e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e7a;
$custom-light: #865fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.261,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36267,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E7A

secondary

#74AE46

accent

#E4448B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E7A

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

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