#511F5F#511F5F

#511F5F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.117 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511F5F
RGB	rgb(81, 31, 95)
HSL	hsl(287, 51%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 67.4%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 34.10, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 44.08, 320.67°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0874 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.117 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9486, 3.5558, 11.1972)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511F5F #2D5F1F

analogous

#311F5F #511F5F #5F1F4D

triadic

#511F5F #5F511F #1F5F51

tetradic

#511F5F #5F311F #2D5F1F #1F4D5F

square

#511F5F #5F311F #2D5F1F #1F4D5F

split-complementary

#511F5F #4D5F1F #1F5F31

monochromatic

#140817 #2A1031 #511F5F #782E8D #A03DBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#511F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#511F5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511F5F

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511F5F	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22375D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 31, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.117 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e8d',
    500: '#511f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511f5f;
$custom-light: #845e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34351,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511F5F

secondary

#579446

accent

#DA4E6C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511F5F

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

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