#531689#531689

#531689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.173 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531689
RGB	rgb(83, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 48.38, -51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 70.47, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.092 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.173 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3685, 4.2189, 24.0355)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.95

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531689 #4C8916

analogous

#191689 #531689 #891685

triadic

#531689 #895316 #168953

tetradic

#531689 #891916 #4C8916 #168589

square

#531689 #891916 #4C8916 #168589

split-complementary

#531689 #858916 #168919

monochromatic

#130520 #330E54 #531689 #731EBE #923ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#531689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#531689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531689

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531689	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.173 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895cac',
    500: '#531689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531689;
$custom-light: #895cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.826,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37037,
    "c": 0.1729,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531689

secondary

#7ABD3E

accent

#EF398E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531689

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

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