#511F5A#511F5A

#511F5A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.112 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511F5A
RGB	rgb(81, 31, 90)
HSL	hsl(291, 49%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 65.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 32.99, -25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 41.47, 322.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.02% 0.0872 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(34.02% 0.112 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7286, 3.4678, 10.0385)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511F5A #285A1F

analogous

#331F5A #511F5A #5A1F45

triadic

#511F5A #5A511F #1F5A51

tetradic

#511F5A #5A331F #285A1F #1F455A

square

#511F5A #5A331F #285A1F #1F455A

split-complementary

#511F5A #455A1F #1F5A33

monochromatic

#140817 #280F2C #511F5A #7A2F88 #A33EB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#511F5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#511F5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511F5A

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511F5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511F5A	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12315C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511f5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 31, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.112 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e89',
    500: '#511f5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511f5a;
$custom-light: #845e89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511f5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.847,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34018,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511F5A

secondary

#518F46

accent

#D84F64

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #511F5A

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

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