#531A8F#531A8F

#531A8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.175 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531A8F
RGB	rgb(83, 26, 143)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 81.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 48.35, -53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 71.92, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.087 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.175 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8933, 4.5609, 26.3931)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531A8F #568F1A

analogous

#1A1B8F #531A8F #8D1A8F

triadic

#531A8F #8F531A #1A8F53

tetradic

#531A8F #8F1A1B #568F1A #1A8F8D

square

#531A8F #8F1A1B #568F1A #1A8F8D

split-complementary

#531A8F #8F8D1A #1B8F1A

monochromatic

#170727 #35115B #531A8F #7123C3 #9046DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#531A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#531A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531A8F

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531A8F	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 26, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.175 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5eb1',
    500: '#531a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531a8f;
$custom-light: #8a5eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37943,
    "c": 0.17541,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531A8F

secondary

#84BF46

accent

#EC3C96

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #531A8F

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

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