#513EA5#513EA5

#513EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.159 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513EA5
RGB	rgb(81, 62, 165)
HSL	hsl(251, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 35.53, -53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 63.86, 303.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% 0.045 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.159 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9055, 7.9106, 36.4896)
Luminance	0.0791 (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

#513EA5 #92A53E

analogous

#3E5FA5 #513EA5 #853EA5

triadic

#513EA5 #A5513E #3EA551

tetradic

#513EA5 #A53E5F #92A53E #3EA585

square

#513EA5 #A53E5F #92A53E #3EA585

split-complementary

#513EA5 #A5853E #5FA53E

monochromatic

#251D4C #3B2D79 #513EA5 #705EC2 #988AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#513EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#513EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513EA5

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513EA5	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32566B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 62, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.159 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8974c0',
    500: '#513ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513ea5;
$custom-light: #8974c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.068,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44424,
    "c": 0.15852,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513EA5

secondary

#B3BE81

accent

#D553BD

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #513EA5

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

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