#513B79#513B79

#513B79 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.102 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513B79
RGB	rgb(81, 59, 121)
HSL	hsl(261, 34%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 51%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 51.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, 24.28, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 40.22, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0482 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.102 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4077, 6.2576, 18.8503)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513B79 #63793B

analogous

#3B4479 #513B79 #703B79

triadic

#513B79 #79513B #3B7951

tetradic

#513B79 #793B44 #63793B #3B7970

square

#513B79 #793B44 #63793B #3B7970

split-complementary

#513B79 #79703B #44793B

monochromatic

#1A1327 #352750 #513B79 #6D4FA2 #8D73BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#513B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#513B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513B79

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513B79	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26477B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 59, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.102 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8471a0',
    500: '#513b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513b79;
$custom-light: #8471a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.29,
    "s": 34.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40697,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513B79

secondary

#90A56B

accent

#CB5DA4

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #513B79

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

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