#513D4E#513D4E

#513D4E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.039 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513D4E
RGB	rgb(81, 61, 78)
HSL	hsl(309, 14%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(309, 25%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 12.09, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 13.94, 330.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.034 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.039 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4371, 5.6371, 7.9552)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513D4E #3D5140

analogous

#4A3D51 #513D4E #513D44

triadic

#513D4E #4E513D #3D4E51

tetradic

#513D4E #514A3D #3D5140 #3D4451

square

#513D4E #514A3D #3D5140 #3D4451

split-complementary

#513D4E #44513D #3D514A

monochromatic

#110D11 #2E232C #513D4E #745770 #957390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#513D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#513D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513D4E

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513D4E	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D424F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41444D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 61, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.039 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82727f',
    500: '#513d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513d4e;
$custom-light: #82727f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 14.085,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38812,
    "c": 0.03876,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513D4E

secondary

#69806D

accent

#B77B71

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #513D4E

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

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