#513E89#513E89

#513E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.120 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513E89
RGB	rgb(81, 62, 137)
HSL	hsl(255, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 54.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 27.03, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 47.64, 304.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.0453 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.12 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6301, 7.0005, 24.5059)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513E89 #76893E

analogous

#3E5189 #513E89 #773E89

triadic

#513E89 #89513E #3E8951

tetradic

#513E89 #893E51 #76893E #3E8977

square

#513E89 #893E51 #76893E #3E8977

split-complementary

#513E89 #89773E #51893E

monochromatic

#1F1835 #382B5F #513E89 #6B53B1 #8F7DC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#513E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#513E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513E89

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513E89	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 62, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.120 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8574ac',
    500: '#513e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513e89;
$custom-light: #8574ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.2,
    "s": 37.688,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42328,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513E89

secondary

#A0AE74

accent

#CE5AB0

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #513E89

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

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