#513C4E#513C4E

#513C4E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.041 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513C4E
RGB	rgb(81, 60, 78)
HSL	hsl(309, 15%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(309, 26%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 12.74, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 14.71, 330.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0359 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.041 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3842, 5.5313, 7.9376)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513C4E #3C513F

analogous

#493C51 #513C4E #513C43

triadic

#513C4E #4E513C #3C4E51

tetradic

#513C4E #51493C #3C513F #3C4351

square

#513C4E #51493C #3C513F #3C4351

split-complementary

#513C4E #43513C #3C5149

monochromatic

#120D11 #2E222C #513C4E #745670 #967191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#513C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#513C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513C4E

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513C4E	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C414F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40444D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 60, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.041 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82727f',
    500: '#513c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513c4e;
$custom-light: #82727f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38597,
    "c": 0.0409,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513C4E

secondary

#68816C

accent

#B87A70

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A070A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #513C4E

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

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