#513CAE#513CAE

#513CAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.173 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513CAE
RGB	rgb(81, 60, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 65.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.06, 39.49, -58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.06, 70.19, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.0463 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.173 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6469, 8.0364, 40.9210)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.01

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513CAE #99AE3C

analogous

#3C60AE #513CAE #8A3CAE

triadic

#513CAE #AE513C #3CAE51

tetradic

#513CAE #AE3C60 #99AE3C #3CAE8A

square

#513CAE #AE3C60 #99AE3C #3CAE8A

split-complementary

#513CAE #AE8A3C #60AE3C

monochromatic

#271D53 #3C2C80 #513CAE #735FC8 #9B8DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#513CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#513CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513CAE

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513CAE	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B586F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 60, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.173 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a73c7',
    500: '#513cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513cae;
$custom-light: #8a73c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.053,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44837,
    "c": 0.17287,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513CAE

secondary

#B7C283

accent

#D850BF

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #513CAE

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

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