#531B4E#531B4E

#531B4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.108 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531B4E
RGB	rgb(83, 27, 78)
HSL	hsl(305, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(305, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 6%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.73, 33.14, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.73, 38.10, 330.43°)
OKLab	oklab(33.06% 0.0945 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(33.06% 0.108 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3343, 3.1733, 7.5378)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531B4E #1B5320

analogous

#3C1B53 #531B4E #531B32

triadic

#531B4E #4E531B #1B4E53

tetradic

#531B4E #533C1B #1B5320 #1B3253

square

#531B4E #533C1B #1B5320 #1B3253

split-complementary

#531B4E #32531B #1B533C

monochromatic

#170816 #250C23 #531B4E #812A79 #AF39A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#531B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#531B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531B4E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531B4E	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B354D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 27, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.108 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c80',
    500: '#531b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531b4e;
$custom-light: #855c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.357,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33056,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531B4E

secondary

#418947

accent

#DA5A4D

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #531B4E

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

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