#511F65#511F65

#511F65 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.124 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511F65
RGB	rgb(81, 31, 101)
HSL	hsl(283, 53%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 69.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 35.47, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 47.26, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% 0.0872 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.124 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2319, 3.6691, 12.6893)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511F65 #33651F

analogous

#2E1F65 #511F65 #651F56

triadic

#511F65 #65511F #1F6551

tetradic

#511F65 #652E1F #33651F #1F5665

square

#511F65 #652E1F #33651F #1F5665

split-complementary

#511F65 #56651F #1F652E

monochromatic

#130717 #2B1136 #511F65 #772D94 #9C3CC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#511F65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#511F65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511F65

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511F65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511F65	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511f65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 31, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.124 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f91',
    500: '#511f65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511f65;
$custom-light: #845f91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511f65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 53.03,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34769,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511F65

secondary

#5E9946

accent

#DC4B75

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #511F65

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

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