#511E86#511E86

#511E86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.161 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E86
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 134)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 44.07, -48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 65.50, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.0831 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.161 301)
XYZ	xyz(8.1596, 4.3990, 22.9689)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.95

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E86 #53861E

analogous

#1E1F86 #511E86 #851E86

triadic

#511E86 #86511E #1E8651

tetradic

#511E86 #861E1F #53861E #1E8685

square

#511E86 #861E1F #53861E #1E8685

split-complementary

#511E86 #86851E #1F861E

monochromatic

#150822 #331354 #511E86 #6F29B8 #8E48D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#511E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#511E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E86

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E86	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.161 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760aa',
    500: '#511e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e86;
$custom-light: #8760aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.423,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37289,
    "c": 0.16139,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E86

secondary

#81B847

accent

#E64195

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E86

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

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