#513A4E#513A4E

#513A4E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.045 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513A4E
RGB	rgb(81, 58, 78)
HSL	hsl(308, 17%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(308, 28%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 14.03, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 16.24, 329.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% 0.0395 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.045 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2814, 5.3257, 7.9033)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513A4E #3A513D

analogous

#493A51 #513A4E #513A43

triadic

#513A4E #4E513A #3A4E51

tetradic

#513A4E #51493A #3A513D #3A4351

square

#513A4E #51493A #3A513D #3A4351

split-complementary

#513A4E #43513A #3A5149

monochromatic

#120D11 #2D202C #513A4E #755470 #976E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#513A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#513A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513A4E

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513A4E	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F424D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 58, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.045 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82707f',
    500: '#513a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513a4e;
$custom-light: #82707f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.826,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38172,
    "c": 0.04518,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513A4E

secondary

#66816A

accent

#B9786F

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #513A4E

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

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