#513BA2#513BA2

#513BA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.159 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513BA2
RGB	rgb(81, 59, 162)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 63.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, 36.41, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 64.09, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.0485 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.159 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4770, 7.4854, 35.0155)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513BA2 #8CA23B

analogous

#3B58A2 #513BA2 #843BA2

triadic

#513BA2 #A2513B #3BA251

tetradic

#513BA2 #A23B58 #8CA23B #3BA284

square

#513BA2 #A23B58 #8CA23B #3BA284

split-complementary

#513BA2 #A2843B #58A23B

monochromatic

#241A48 #3B2B75 #513BA2 #6F58C2 #9585D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#513BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#513BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513BA2

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513BA2	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 59, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.159 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8972be',
    500: '#513ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513ba2;
$custom-light: #8972be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.816,
    "s": 46.606,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43689,
    "c": 0.15862,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513BA2

secondary

#AFBD7C

accent

#D652BA

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #513BA2

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

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