#513D8A#513D8A

#513D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.123 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513D8A
RGB	rgb(81, 61, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 56%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 55.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 27.95, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 48.91, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.0467 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.123 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6483, 6.9215, 24.8675)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513D8A #768A3D

analogous

#3D508A #513D8A #783D8A

triadic

#513D8A #8A513D #3D8A51

tetradic

#513D8A #8A3D50 #768A3D #3D8A78

square

#513D8A #8A3D50 #768A3D #3D8A78

split-complementary

#513D8A #8A783D #508A3D

monochromatic

#1F1735 #382A60 #513D8A #6B52B2 #8F7CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#513D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#513D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513D8A

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513D8A	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 61, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.123 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8673ad',
    500: '#513d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513d8a;
$custom-light: #8673ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.584,
    "s": 38.693,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42215,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513D8A

secondary

#A0AF74

accent

#CF59B0

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #513D8A

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

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