#513C8D#513C8D

#513C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.129 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513C8D
RGB	rgb(81, 60, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 57.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 29.47, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 51.34, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.0481 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.129 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8156, 6.9039, 26.0096)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513C8D #788D3C

analogous

#3C4F8D #513C8D #7A3C8D

triadic

#513C8D #8D513C #3C8D51

tetradic

#513C8D #8D3C4F #788D3C #3C8D7A

square

#513C8D #8D3C4F #788D3C #3C8D7A

split-complementary

#513C8D #8D7A3C #4F8D3C

monochromatic

#201737 #382A62 #513C8D #6B51B5 #907CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#513C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#513C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513C8D

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513C8D	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 60, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.129 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8672af',
    500: '#513c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513c8d;
$custom-light: #8672af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4225,
    "c": 0.1289,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513C8D

secondary

#A1B174

accent

#D058B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #513C8D

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

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