#531A76#531A76

#531A76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.149 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531A76
RGB	rgb(83, 26, 118)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 78%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 42.26, -41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 58.89, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.0937 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.149 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2060, 3.8859, 17.5065)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531A76 #3D761A

analogous

#251A76 #531A76 #761A6B

triadic

#531A76 #76531A #1A7653

tetradic

#531A76 #76251A #3D761A #1A6B76

square

#531A76 #76251A #3D761A #1A6B76

split-complementary

#531A76 #6B761A #1A7625

monochromatic

#120619 #300F44 #531A76 #7625A8 #9837D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#531A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#531A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531A76

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531A76	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 26, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.149 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875d9e',
    500: '#531a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531a76;
$custom-light: #875d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.174,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35766,
    "c": 0.14937,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531A76

secondary

#69AB41

accent

#E74180

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #531A76

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

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