#511a76

Color #511a76

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 11.44 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#511a76

RGB

rgb(81, 26, 118)

HSL

hsl(275.9, 63.9%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.9, 78%, 46.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.4%, 78%, 0%, 53.7%)

LAB

lab(22.99, 41.86, -41.52)

LCH

lch(22.99, 58.96, 315.23)

OKLCH

oklch(35.5%, 0.1488, 307.57)

HWB

hwb(275.9, 10.2%, 53.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3f761a

Analogous

#231a76

#511a76

#761a6d

Triadic

#511a76

#76511a

#1a7651

Split-complementary

#511a76

#6d761a

#1a7623

Tetradic

#511a76

#761a3f

#3f761a

#1a7651

Square

#511a76

#76231a

#3f761a

#1a6d76

Shades

Color #511a76 mixed toward black.

#431662

#36114f

#280d3b

#1b0927

#0d0414

Tints

Color #511a76 mixed toward white.

#7325a8

#9437d3

#af69de

#ca9be9

#e4cdf4

Tones

Color #511a76 mixed toward gray.

#4f226e

#4e2967

#4c315f

#4b3957

#494050

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.76:1

White text reads better on this background (11.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#403f68 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#424665 · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#4f5c59 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#373737 · ΔE 25.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #511a76;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#511a76]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#511a76 (#511a76) is rgb(81, 26, 118) in RGB.

No, #511a76 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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