#513A56#513A56

#513A56 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.055 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513A56
RGB	rgb(81, 58, 86)
HSL	hsl(289, 19%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(289, 33%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 32.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.97, 15.83, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.97, 20.42, 320.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.0423 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.055 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5859, 5.4475, 9.5068)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#513A56 #3F563A

analogous

#433A56 #513A56 #563A4D

triadic

#513A56 #56513A #3A5651

tetradic

#513A56 #56433A #3F563A #3A4D56

square

#513A56 #56433A #3F563A #3A4D56

split-complementary

#513A56 #4D563A #3A5643

monochromatic

#110C12 #2F2131 #513A56 #73537B #946E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#513A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#513A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513A56

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513A56	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#374057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 58, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.055 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827085',
    500: '#513a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513a56;
$custom-light: #827085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.286,
    "s": 19.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38533,
    "c": 0.05497,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513A56

secondary

#6C8666

accent

#BC6C7A

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFECEF

border

#CAC7CA

text

#0A070B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #513A56

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

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