#513CA5#513CA5

#513CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.161 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513CA5
RGB	rgb(81, 60, 165)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 63.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 36.73, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 65.14, 304.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.0472 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.161 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.7987, 7.6971, 36.4540)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513CA5 #90A53C

analogous

#3C5CA5 #513CA5 #863CA5

triadic

#513CA5 #A5513C #3CA551

tetradic

#513CA5 #A53C5C #90A53C #3CA586

square

#513CA5 #A53C5C #90A53C #3CA586

split-complementary

#513CA5 #A5863C #5CA53C

monochromatic

#251B4B #3B2C78 #513CA5 #705BC3 #9788D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#513CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#513CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513CA5

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513CA5	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 60, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.161 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973c0',
    500: '#513ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513ca5;
$custom-light: #8973c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44095,
    "c": 0.1612,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.07698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513CA5

secondary

#B1BE7F

accent

#D651BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #513CA5

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

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