#531A8E#531A8E

#531A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.174 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531A8E
RGB	rgb(83, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 48.10, -52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 71.41, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.0873 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.174 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8179, 4.5307, 25.9959)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531A8E #558E1A

analogous

#1A1B8E #531A8E #8D1A8E

triadic

#531A8E #8E531A #1A8E53

tetradic

#531A8E #8E1A1B #558E1A #1A8E8D

square

#531A8E #8E1A1B #558E1A #1A8E8D

split-complementary

#531A8E #8E8D1A #1B8E1A

monochromatic

#170727 #35115A #531A8E #7123C2 #9045DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#531A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#531A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531A8E

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531A8E	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.174 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5eb0',
    500: '#531a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531a8e;
$custom-light: #8a5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.483,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37852,
    "c": 0.17437,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531A8E

secondary

#83BE45

accent

#EC3C95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #531A8E

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

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