#511FA7#511FA7

#511FA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.196 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#511FA7
RGB	rgb(81, 31, 167)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 81.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.16, 52.23, -63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.16, 82.20, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(40.47% 0.0723 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(40.47% 0.196 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8564, 5.5189, 37.0449)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#511FA7 #75A71F

analogous

#1F31A7 #511FA7 #951FA7

triadic

#511FA7 #A7511F #1FA751

tetradic

#511FA7 #A71F31 #75A71F #1FA795

square

#511FA7 #A71F31 #75A71F #1FA795

split-complementary

#511FA7 #A7951F #31A71F

monochromatic

#1F0C40 #381573 #511FA7 #6B2BD8 #8F5FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#511FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#511FA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #511FA7

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##511FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##511FA7	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #511fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 31, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.196 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62c2',
    500: '#511fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #511fa7;
$custom-light: #8c62c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#511fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.059,
    "s": 68.687,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40468,
    "c": 0.1962,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#511FA7

secondary

#9FC65C

accent

#EC3CAB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #511FA7

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

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