#511F58#511F58

#511F58 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.110 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511F58
RGB	rgb(81, 31, 88)
HSL	hsl(293, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(293, 65%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 64.8%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.71, 32.55, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.71, 40.44, 323.61°)
OKLab	oklab(33.89% 0.0872 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(33.89% 0.11 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6446, 3.4342, 9.5962)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511F58 #26581F

analogous

#341F58 #511F58 #581F42

triadic

#511F58 #58511F #1F5851

tetradic

#511F58 #58341F #26581F #1F4258

square

#511F58 #58341F #26581F #1F4258

split-complementary

#511F58 #42581F #1F5834

monochromatic

#150817 #270F2B #511F58 #7B2F85 #A43FB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#511F58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#511F58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511F58

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511F58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511F58	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14305A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511f58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 31, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.110 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e87',
    500: '#511f58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511f58;
$custom-light: #845e87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511f58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.632,
    "s": 47.899,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3389,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511F58

secondary

#4F8D46

accent

#D75061

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511F58

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

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