All About Color #511E8A

#511E8A

About #511E8A

#511E8A is a dark purple color with the hex code #511E8A. In RGB it is red 81, green 30, blue 138; in HSL it is hue 268°, saturation 64%, lightness 33%; in CMYK it is 41%, 78%, 0%, 46%. Its contrast ratio is 11.04:1 on white and 1.90:1 on black.

#511E8A Color Conversion

Hex triplet51, 1E, 8A
CMYK41.30%, 78.26%, 0.00%, 45.88%
RGB Decimal81, 30, 138
HSL268°, 64%, 33%
RGB Octal121, 36, 212
HSV (HSB)268.33°, 78.26%, 54.12%
RGB Binary1010001, 11110, 10001010
CIE-L*AB25.30, 45.10, -50.39
RGB Percent31.76%, 11.76%, 54.12%
CIE-L*CH25.30, 67.63, 311.83
XYZ8.45, 4.51, 24.47
CIE-L*UV25.30, 9.23, -64.70
xyY0.23, 0.12, 4.51
Hunter-Lab21.24, 33.78, -53.43
RYB31.76%, 11.76%, 54.12%

Color Accessibility Scores

#511E8A on a dark background: contrast 1.90:1, fails WCAG AA.
#511E8A on a light background: contrast 11.04:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #511E8A, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #511E8A. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#511E8A · #7D32D2 · #250E3F · #588A1E · #87D232

Analogous palette

#1E588A · #1E228A · #511E8A · #861E8A · #8A1E58

Triadic palette

#511E8A · #8A511E · #1E8A51 · #7D32D2 · #D27D32

Tetradic palette

#511E8A · #8A1E22 · #588A1E · #1E8A86 · #250E3F

Monochromatic palette

#0C0515 · #2C114B · #511E8A · #752CC9 · #9D64DD

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