#511E89#511E89

#511E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.165 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E89
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 78.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.21, 44.83, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.21, 67.09, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.55% 0.0823 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(37.55% 0.165 300)
XYZ	xyz(8.3718, 4.4839, 24.0865)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E89 #56891E

analogous

#1E2189 #511E89 #861E89

triadic

#511E89 #89511E #1E8951

tetradic

#511E89 #891E21 #56891E #1E8986

square

#511E89 #891E21 #56891E #1E8986

split-complementary

#511E89 #89861E #21891E

monochromatic

#160825 #331357 #511E89 #6F29BB #8D4AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#511E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#511E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E89

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E89	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.165 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860ac',
    500: '#511e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e89;
$custom-light: #8860ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.598,
    "s": 64.072,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37554,
    "c": 0.16466,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E89

secondary

#84BA49

accent

#E74198

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E89

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

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