#513B4E#513B4E

#513B4E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.043 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513B4E
RGB	rgb(81, 59, 78)
HSL	hsl(308, 16%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(308, 27%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.92, 13.39, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.92, 15.48, 329.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0377 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.043 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3323, 5.4275, 7.9203)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513B4E #3B513E

analogous

#493B51 #513B4E #513B43

triadic

#513B4E #4E513B #3B4E51

tetradic

#513B4E #51493B #3B513E #3B4351

square

#513B4E #51493B #3B513E #3B4351

split-complementary

#513B4E #43513B #3B5149

monochromatic

#120D11 #2E212C #513B4E #745570 #977091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#513B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#513B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513B4E

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513B4E	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A404F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40434D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 59, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.043 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82717f',
    500: '#513b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513b4e;
$custom-light: #82717f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.182,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38384,
    "c": 0.04304,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513B4E

secondary

#67816B

accent

#B8796F

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #513B4E

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

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