#513E9D#513E9D

#513E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.148 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513E9D
RGB	rgb(81, 62, 157)
HSL	hsl(252, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 60.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.20, 33.08, -49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.20, 59.30, 303.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.0454 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.148 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2000, 7.6284, 32.7741)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513E9D #8A9D3E

analogous

#3E5A9D #513E9D #803E9D

triadic

#513E9D #9D513E #3E9D51

tetradic

#513E9D #9D3E5A #8A9D3E #3E9D80

square

#513E9D #9D3E5A #8A9D3E #3E9D80

split-complementary

#513E9D #9D803E #5A9D3E

monochromatic

#241B45 #3A2D71 #513E9D #6E5ABE #9586CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#513E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#513E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513E9D

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513E9D	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#385467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 62, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.148 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8874bb',
    500: '#513e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513e9d;
$custom-light: #8874bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43796,
    "c": 0.14782,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513E9D

secondary

#AEBA7D

accent

#D355BA

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #513E9D

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

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