#531988#531988

#531988 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.169 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531988
RGB	rgb(83, 25, 136)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 81.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 47.01, -50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 68.73, 313.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.09 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.169 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3578, 4.3118, 23.6797)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531988 #4E8819

analogous

#1B1988 #531988 #881986

triadic

#531988 #885319 #198853

tetradic

#531988 #881B19 #4E8819 #198688

square

#531988 #881B19 #4E8819 #198688

split-complementary

#531988 #868819 #19881B

monochromatic

#140621 #330F54 #531988 #7323BC #9140DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#531988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#531988 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531988

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531988	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 25, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.169 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895eac',
    500: '#531988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531988;
$custom-light: #895eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.351,
    "s": 68.944,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37214,
    "c": 0.16911,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531988

secondary

#7CBB41

accent

#EC3C90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531988

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

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