#531A8B#531A8B

#531A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.171 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531A8B
RGB	rgb(83, 26, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 81.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 47.36, -51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 69.86, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% 0.0883 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.171 301)
XYZ	xyz(8.5957, 4.4418, 24.8256)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531A8B #528B1A

analogous

#1A1A8B #531A8B #8B1A8B

triadic

#531A8B #8B531A #1A8B53

tetradic

#531A8B #8B1A1A #528B1A #1A8B8B

square

#531A8B #8B1A1A #528B1A #1A8B8B

split-complementary

#531A8B #8B8B1A #1A8B1A

monochromatic

#150724 #341057 #531A8B #7224BF #9043DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#531A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#531A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531A8B

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531A8B	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 26, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.171 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895eae',
    500: '#531a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531a8b;
$custom-light: #895eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.265,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37578,
    "c": 0.17124,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531A8B

secondary

#80BD44

accent

#EB3C93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531A8B

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

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