#513BAE#513BAE

#513BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.174 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513BAE
RGB	rgb(81, 59, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 66.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.84, 40.08, -58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.84, 70.81, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(44.68% 0.0472 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.174 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5950, 7.9326, 40.9037)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.24

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513BAE #98AE3B

analogous

#3B5FAE #513BAE #8A3BAE

triadic

#513BAE #AE513B #3BAE51

tetradic

#513BAE #AE3B5F #98AE3B #3BAE8A

square

#513BAE #AE3B5F #98AE3B #3BAE8A

split-complementary

#513BAE #AE8A3B #5FAE3B

monochromatic

#261C53 #3C2C80 #513BAE #725EC8 #9A8CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#513BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#513BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513BAE

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513BAE	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B586F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 59, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.174 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b72c7',
    500: '#513bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513bae;
$custom-light: #8b72c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.478,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4468,
    "c": 0.17413,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513BAE

secondary

#B6C282

accent

#D94FBE

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #513BAE

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

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