#511E96#511E96

#511E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.179 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511E96
RGB	rgb(81, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.39, 48.19, -56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.39, 73.91, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0786 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.179 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3612, 4.8797, 29.2969)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511E96 #63961E

analogous

#1E2796 #511E96 #8D1E96

triadic

#511E96 #96511E #1E9651

tetradic

#511E96 #961E27 #63961E #1E968D

square

#511E96 #961E27 #63961E #1E968D

split-complementary

#511E96 #968D1E #27961E

monochromatic

#1A0A30 #351463 #511E96 #6D28C9 #8D52DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#511E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#511E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511E96

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511E96	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.179 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961b6',
    500: '#511e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511e96;
$custom-light: #8961b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3874,
    "c": 0.17878,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511E96

secondary

#90BF50

accent

#EA3EA1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #511E96

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

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