#511F94#511F94

#511F94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.176 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511F94
RGB	rgb(81, 31, 148)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 79.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.35, 47.24, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.35, 72.40, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% 0.0784 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.176 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2272, 4.8672, 28.4645)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511F94 #62941F

analogous

#1F2894 #511F94 #8B1F94

triadic

#511F94 #94511F #1F9451

tetradic

#511F94 #941F28 #62941F #1F948B

square

#511F94 #941F28 #62941F #1F948B

split-complementary

#511F94 #948B1F #28941F

monochromatic

#1A0A2F #351461 #511F94 #6D2AC7 #8D53DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#511F94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#511F94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511F94

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511F94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511F94	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511f94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 31, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.176 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961b4',
    500: '#511f94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511f94;
$custom-light: #8961b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511f94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.641,
    "s": 65.363,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38658,
    "c": 0.17562,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511F94

secondary

#8FBE51

accent

#E83FA0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #511F94

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

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