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#613afd

a balanced, electric blue · cool · closest name: Blue Violet

RGB
97, 58, 253
HSL
252°, 98%, 61%
CMYK
62, 77, 0, 1
Luminance
0.1266

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #613afd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#613afd
Hue
252°
blue
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
61%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
43%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1266
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
77/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
5.95:1
Closest name
Blue Violet
ΔE2000 6.6
Where it sits
Hue252° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness61%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool77% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#613afd
RGBrgb(97, 58, 253)
HSLhsl(252, 98%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(62%, 77%, 0%, 1%)
LABlab(42.2 65.7 -90.1)
LCHlch(42.2 111.5 306.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.531 0.265 281.6)
Decimal6372093
Display P3color(display-p3 0.380 0.227 0.992)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #613afd;
background-color: #613afd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#613afd] bg-[#613afd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #613afd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.380, green: 0.227, blue: 0.992)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#613afd")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF613AFD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(253, 58, 97)

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #613afd · 5.95:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
White text · 5.95:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.53:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #613afd as text scores 5.95:1 on white and 3.53:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#613afd on white: 5.95:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#613afd on black: 3.53:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #006AFF
deuteranopia · #005DFA
tritanopia · #00749B

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #613afd is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F1FD
#E8E3FC
#CCC1FB
#A690FE
#7958FD
#613afd
#3202F2
#2A02CA
#2202A2
#1C0674
#120449
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F4F1FDDarkest = 950 · #120449
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4F1FD;
  --brand-100: #E8E3FC;
  --brand-200: #CCC1FB;
  --brand-300: #A690FE;
  --brand-400: #7958FD;
  --brand-500: #613afd;
  --brand-600: #3202F2;
  --brand-700: #2A02CA;
  --brand-800: #2202A2;
  --brand-900: #1C0674;
  --brand-950: #120449;
  --brand: #613afd;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
}

Colors that work with #613afd

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F6F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#C9C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5B4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#CCC200
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1A017E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBE6FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#171424
Dark-mode background
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

How to use #613afd

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#D6FD3A
Analogous left#3A75FD
Analogous right#C33AFD
Split-complement 1#FDC33A
Split-complement 2#75FD3A
Triadic 1#FD613A
Triadic 2#3AFD61
Tetradic#FD3A75

RGB percentages

Red38.0%
Green22.7%
Blue99.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan61.7%
Magenta77.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.8%

Color previews

#613afd text on a black background

contrast 3.53:1

Card sample

#613afd text on a white background

contrast 5.95:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #613afd;
Background color
Panel with #613afd background
background-color: #613afd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #613afd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(97, 58, 253, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(97, 58, 253, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #613afd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #613afd, #E33AFD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #613afd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#613afd in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#613afd, answered

What color is #613afd?

#613afd is a balanced electric blue, closest to Blue Violet (ΔE2000 6.6). It sits at 252° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 61% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #613afd?

rgb(97, 58, 253) — 97 red, 58 green and 253 blue out of 255, or 38% / 22.7% / 99.2% by channel.

Is #613afd a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1266 and perceived brightness is 43%, so white text on it reaches 5.95:1.

Should I use black or white text on #613afd?

White. It scores 5.95:1 against #613afd, versus 3.53:1 for black — AA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #613afd?

#D6FD3A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FDC33A and #75FD3A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #613afd?

For interface work: #F6F4FA as the surface, #C9C0ED for borders, #5B4B9B for secondary text, #CCC200 as an accent and #1A017E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #3A75FD and #C33AFD stays calm, while #D6FD3A is the loudest partner.

What is #613afd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(62%, 77%, 0%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #613afd warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 77 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #A93AFD; nudged cooler, #3856FF.

Work with #613afd in the Color Lab