#531B79#531B79

#531B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.151 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531B79
RGB	rgb(83, 27, 121)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.68, 42.55, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.68, 59.99, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.092 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.151 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4097, 4.0034, 18.4678)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531B79 #41791B

analogous

#241B79 #531B79 #791B70

triadic

#531B79 #79531B #1B7953

tetradic

#531B79 #79241B #41791B #1B7079

square

#531B79 #79241B #41791B #1B7079

split-complementary

#531B79 #70791B #1B7924

monochromatic

#110619 #311047 #531B79 #7526AB #963BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#531B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#531B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531B79

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531B79	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 27, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.151 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ea0',
    500: '#531b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531b79;
$custom-light: #885ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36119,
    "c": 0.15134,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531B79

secondary

#6EAD43

accent

#E74184

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #531B79

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

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