#511d73

Color #511d73

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 12.9 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#511d73

RGB

rgb(81, 29, 115)

HSL

hsl(276.3, 59.7%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.3, 74.8%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(23.22, 39.78, -39.21)

LCH

lch(23.22, 55.86, 315.41)

OKLCH

oklch(35.6%, 0.1419, 308.39)

HWB

hwb(276.3, 11.4%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3f731d

Analogous

#261d73

#511d73

#731d6a

Triadic

#511d73

#73511d

#1d7351

Split-complementary

#511d73

#6a731d

#1d7326

Tetradic

#511d73

#731d3f

#3f731d

#1d7351

Square

#511d73

#73261d

#3f731d

#1d6a73

Shades

Color #511d73 mixed toward black.

#431860

#36134d

#280e39

#1b0a26

#0d0513

Tints

Color #511d73 mixed toward white.

#7329a4

#943cce

#af6dda

#ca9ee6

#e4cef3

Tones

Color #511d73 mixed toward gray.

#4f246c

#4e2b65

#4c325d

#4b3a56

#49414f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.77:1

White text reads better on this background (11.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#404066 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#434663 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#4f5a57 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#373737 · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #511d73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#511d73]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#511d73 (#511d73) is rgb(81, 29, 115) in RGB.

No, #511d73 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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