#513BAD#513BAD

#513BAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.173 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513BAD
RGB	rgb(81, 59, 173)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 65.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, 39.77, -57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 70.25, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.0474 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.173 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4979, 7.8937, 40.3922)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.31

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513BAD #97AD3B

analogous

#3B5EAD #513BAD #8A3BAD

triadic

#513BAD #AD513B #3BAD51

tetradic

#513BAD #AD3B5E #97AD3B #3BAD8A

square

#513BAD #AD3B5E #97AD3B #3BAD8A

split-complementary

#513BAD #AD8A3B #5EAD3B

monochromatic

#261C52 #3C2B7F #513BAD #725DC8 #9A8BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#513BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#513BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513BAD

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513BAD	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 59, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.173 285.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.579,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44596,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513BAD

secondary

#B6C282

accent

#D94FBE

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #513BAD

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

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