#511F6E#511F6E

#511F6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.134 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511F6E
RGB	rgb(81, 31, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 71.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 37.61, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 52.10, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0865 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.134 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6973, 3.8552, 15.1402)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511F6E #3C6E1F

analogous

#2A1F6E #511F6E #6E1F63

triadic

#511F6E #6E511F #1F6E51

tetradic

#511F6E #6E2A1F #3C6E1F #1F636E

square

#511F6E #6E2A1F #3C6E1F #1F636E

split-complementary

#511F6E #636E1F #1F6E2A

monochromatic

#120718 #2E123E #511F6E #742C9E #963FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#511F6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#511F6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511F6E

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511F6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511F6E	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511f6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 31, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.134 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f98',
    500: '#511f6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511f6e;
$custom-light: #855f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511f6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.975,
    "s": 56.028,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35434,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511F6E

secondary

#68A247

accent

#DF4880

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #511F6E

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

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