#531159#531159

#531159 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.132 H 324.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531159
RGB	rgb(83, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(295, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(295, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 80.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.89, 39.53, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.89, 48.17, 325.14°)
OKLab	oklab(32.67% 0.1069 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(32.67% 0.132 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5708, 2.9615, 9.7275)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531159 #175911

analogous

#2F1159 #531159 #59113B

triadic

#531159 #595311 #115953

tetradic

#531159 #592F11 #175911 #113B59

square

#531159 #592F11 #175911 #113B59

split-complementary

#531159 #3B5911 #11592F

monochromatic

#18051A #230726 #531159 #831B8C #B325C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.19

#531159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#531159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531159

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531159	1.00	13.19	1.59	13.19
#FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551E34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.132 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865888',
    500: '#531159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531159;
$custom-light: #865888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32672,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531159

secondary

#3C9234

accent

#EB3D4B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #531159

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

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