#513CA9#513CA9

#513CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.166 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513CA9
RGB	rgb(81, 60, 169)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 64.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 37.96, -55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 67.39, 304.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% 0.0468 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.166 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1685, 7.8450, 38.4015)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.49

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513CA9 #94A93C

analogous

#3C5DA9 #513CA9 #883CA9

triadic

#513CA9 #A9513C #3CA951

tetradic

#513CA9 #A93C5D #94A93C #3CA988

square

#513CA9 #A93C5D #94A93C #3CA988

split-complementary

#513CA9 #A9883C #5DA93C

monochromatic

#261C4F #3B2C7C #513CA9 #715DC5 #988AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#513CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#513CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513CA9

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513CA9	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 60, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.166 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a73c3',
    500: '#513ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513ca9;
$custom-light: #8a73c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.56,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44421,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513CA9

secondary

#B4C081

accent

#D751BD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #513CA9

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

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