#511F60#511F60

#511F60 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.118 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511F60
RGB	rgb(81, 31, 96)
HSL	hsl(286, 51%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 34.32, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 44.61, 320.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0874 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.118 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9943, 3.5741, 11.4382)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511F60 #2E601F

analogous

#311F60 #511F60 #601F4E

triadic

#511F60 #60511F #1F6051

tetradic

#511F60 #60311F #2E601F #1F4E60

square

#511F60 #60311F #2E601F #1F4E60

split-complementary

#511F60 #4E601F #1F6031

monochromatic

#140717 #2A1032 #511F60 #782E8E #9F3DBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#511F60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#511F60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511F60

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511F60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511F60	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A3262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21375E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511f60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 31, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.118 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e8d',
    500: '#511f60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511f60;
$custom-light: #845e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511f60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 51.181,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34419,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511F60

secondary

#589546

accent

#DB4D6E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511F60

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

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