#531561#531561

#531561 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.134 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531561
RGB	rgb(83, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(289, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.98, 39.63, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.98, 50.38, 321.87°)
OKLab	oklab(33.62% 0.1021 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(33.62% 0.134 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9928, 3.2387, 11.6164)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531561 #236115

analogous

#2D1561 #531561 #611549

triadic

#531561 #615315 #156153

tetradic

#531561 #612D15 #236115 #154961

square

#531561 #612D15 #236115 #154961

split-complementary

#531561 #496115 #15612D

monochromatic

#160519 #280A2F #531561 #7E2093 #A92BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#531561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#531561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531561

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531561	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B345F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53243A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.134 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865a8e',
    500: '#531561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531561;
$custom-light: #865a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.947,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33623,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531561

secondary

#4B983A

accent

#E7405F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #531561

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

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