#531579#531579

#531579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.158 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531579
RGB	rgb(83, 21, 121)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 82.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.85, 44.95, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.85, 62.66, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0976 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.158 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2859, 3.7559, 18.4266)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531579 #3B7915

analogous

#211579 #531579 #79156D

triadic

#531579 #795315 #157953

tetradic

#531579 #792115 #3B7915 #156D79

square

#531579 #792115 #3B7915 #156D79

split-complementary

#531579 #6D7915 #157921

monochromatic

#12051A #2F0C45 #531579 #771EAD #992EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#531579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#531579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531579

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531579	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 21, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.158 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ba0',
    500: '#531579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531579;
$custom-light: #885ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 70.423,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35533,
    "c": 0.15783,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531579

secondary

#67AF3B

accent

#ED3B7E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531579

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

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