#531172#531172

#531172 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.155 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531172
RGB	rgb(83, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(281, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.78, 44.76, -40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.78, 60.63, 317.59°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% 0.1026 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.155 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8044, 3.4550, 16.2248)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531172 #307211

analogous

#221172 #531172 #721160

triadic

#531172 #725311 #117253

tetradic

#531172 #722211 #307211 #116072

square

#531172 #722211 #307211 #116072

split-complementary

#531172 #607211 #117222

monochromatic

#13041B #2C093D #531172 #7A19A7 #A121DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#531172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#531172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531172

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531172	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.155 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88599b',
    500: '#531172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531172;
$custom-light: #88599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.825,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34604,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531172

secondary

#5BA936

accent

#F13772

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #531172

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

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