#513E8A#513E8A

#513E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.122 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513E8A
RGB	rgb(81, 62, 138)
HSL	hsl(255, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 55.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 27.32, -39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 48.23, 304.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.0454 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.122 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7022, 7.0293, 24.8854)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513E8A #778A3E

analogous

#3E518A #513E8A #773E8A

triadic

#513E8A #8A513E #3E8A51

tetradic

#513E8A #8A3E51 #778A3E #3E8A77

square

#513E8A #8A3E51 #778A3E #3E8A77

split-complementary

#513E8A #8A773E #518A3E

monochromatic

#1F1836 #382B60 #513E8A #6B53B2 #8F7EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#513E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#513E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513E8A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513E8A	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 62, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.122 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8574ad',
    500: '#513e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513e8a;
$custom-light: #8574ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42398,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513E8A

secondary

#A0AF75

accent

#CE5AB1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #513E8A

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

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