#513AAD#513AAD

#513AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.174 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513AAD
RGB	rgb(81, 58, 173)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 66.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.55, 40.35, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.55, 70.87, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% 0.0483 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.174 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4470, 7.7919, 40.3752)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.54

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513AAD #96AD3A

analogous

#3A5CAD #513AAD #8A3AAD

triadic

#513AAD #AD513A #3AAD51

tetradic

#513AAD #AD3A5C #96AD3A #3AAD8A

square

#513AAD #AD3A5C #96AD3A #3AAD8A

split-complementary

#513AAD #AD8A3A #5CAD3A

monochromatic

#261B51 #3C2B7F #513AAD #725CC8 #998AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#513AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#513AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513AAD

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513AAD	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C576E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 58, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.174 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72c6',
    500: '#513aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513aad;
$custom-light: #8a72c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44441,
    "c": 0.17411,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513AAD

secondary

#B5C281

accent

#D94EBE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #513AAD

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

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