#531589#531589

#531589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.174 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531589
RGB	rgb(83, 21, 137)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 84.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 48.73, -51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 70.86, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0927 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.174 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3497, 4.1814, 24.0293)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531589 #4B8915

analogous

#191589 #531589 #891585

triadic

#531589 #895315 #158953

tetradic

#531589 #891915 #4B8915 #158589

square

#531589 #891915 #4B8915 #158589

split-complementary

#531589 #858915 #158919

monochromatic

#13051F #330D54 #531589 #731DBE #9238E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#531589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#531589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531589

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531589	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 21, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.174 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895cac',
    500: '#531589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531589;
$custom-light: #895cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.069,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36954,
    "c": 0.17377,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531589

secondary

#78BD3D

accent

#F0388E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531589

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

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