#513C8A#513C8A

#513C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.125 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513C8A
RGB	rgb(81, 60, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 56.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 28.57, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 49.59, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.048 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.125 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5954, 6.8158, 24.8498)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513C8A #758A3C

analogous

#3C4E8A #513C8A #783C8A

triadic

#513C8A #8A513C #3C8A51

tetradic

#513C8A #8A3C4E #758A3C #3C8A78

square

#513C8A #8A3C4E #758A3C #3C8A78

split-complementary

#513C8A #8A783C #4E8A3C

monochromatic

#1F1735 #38295F #513C8A #6B50B3 #8F7BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#513C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#513C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513C8A

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513C8A	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 60, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.125 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8672ad',
    500: '#513c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513c8a;
$custom-light: #8672ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42035,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513C8A

secondary

#9FAF73

accent

#CF59AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #513C8A

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

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