#511F62#511F62

#511F62 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.120 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511F62
RGB	rgb(81, 31, 98)
HSL	hsl(285, 52%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 68.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 34.78, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 45.67, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.56% 0.0873 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(34.56% 0.12 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0876, 3.6114, 11.9293)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511F62 #30621F

analogous

#2F1F62 #511F62 #621F51

triadic

#511F62 #62511F #1F6251

tetradic

#511F62 #622F1F #30621F #1F5162

square

#511F62 #622F1F #30621F #1F5162

split-complementary

#511F62 #51621F #1F622F

monochromatic

#130717 #2B1034 #511F62 #772E90 #9E3CBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#511F62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#511F62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511F62

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511F62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511F62	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511f62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 31, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.120 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f8f',
    500: '#511f62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511f62;
$custom-light: #845f8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511f62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.776,
    "s": 51.938,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34558,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511F62

secondary

#5B9746

accent

#DB4C71

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511F62

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

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