#511a70

Color #511a70

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 13.78 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#511a70

RGB

rgb(81, 26, 112)

HSL

hsl(278.4, 62.3%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.4, 76.8%, 43.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 56.1%)

LAB

lab(22.51, 40.43, -38.44)

LCH

lch(22.51, 55.79, 316.45)

OKLCH

oklch(35%, 0.1425, 310.16)

HWB

hwb(278.4, 10.2%, 56.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#39701a

Analogous

#261a70

#511a70

#701a64

Triadic

#511a70

#70511a

#1a7051

Split-complementary

#511a70

#64701a

#1a7026

Tetradic

#511a70

#701a39

#39701a

#1a7051

Square

#511a70

#70261a

#39701a

#1a6470

Shades

Color #511a70 mixed toward black.

#44165d

#36114b

#290d38

#1b0925

#0e0413

Tints

Color #511a70 mixed toward white.

#7626a2

#9936d0

#b268dc

#cc9ae8

#e5cdf3

Tones

Color #511a70 mixed toward gray.

#4f2169

#4d2862

#4b305b

#493753

#473e4c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.73:1

White text reads better on this background (12.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#403f63 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#424660 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#4f5755 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#363636 · ΔE 25.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #511a70;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#511a70]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#511a70 (#511a70) is rgb(81, 26, 112) in RGB.

No, #511a70 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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