#513181#513181

#513181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.130 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513181
RGB	rgb(81, 49, 129)
HSL	hsl(264, 45%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 62%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 62%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 32.68, -40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 51.70, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0624 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.13 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4531, 5.5308, 21.3868)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513181 #618131

analogous

#313981 #513181 #793181

triadic

#513181 #815131 #318151

tetradic

#513181 #813139 #618131 #318179

square

#513181 #813139 #618131 #318179

split-complementary

#513181 #817931 #398131

monochromatic

#190F28 #352055 #513181 #6D42AD #8D67C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#513181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#513181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513181

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513181	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13427F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 49, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.130 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ba6',
    500: '#513181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513181;
$custom-light: #856ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 44.944,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39494,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513181

secondary

#8EAD61

accent

#D553A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #513181

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

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