#511E93#511E93

#511E93 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.176 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E93
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 147)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 79.6%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 47.41, -54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 72.34, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0795 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.176 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1227, 4.7843, 28.0409)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E93 #60931E

analogous

#1E2593 #511E93 #8C1E93

triadic

#511E93 #93511E #1E9351

tetradic

#511E93 #931E25 #60931E #1E938C

square

#511E93 #931E25 #60931E #1E938C

split-complementary

#511E93 #938C1E #25931E

monochromatic

#19092D #351460 #511E93 #6D28C6 #8D50DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#511E93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#511E93 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E93

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E93	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.176 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960b4',
    500: '#511e93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e93;
$custom-light: #8960b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.154,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38461,
    "c": 0.17553,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E93

secondary

#8EBE4F

accent

#E93F9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E93

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

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