#531B7D#531B7D

#531B7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.156 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531B7D
RGB	rgb(83, 27, 125)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 78.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 43.51, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 62.09, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0912 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.156 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6601, 4.1036, 19.7866)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531B7D #457D1B

analogous

#221B7D #531B7D #7D1B76

triadic

#531B7D #7D531B #1B7D53

tetradic

#531B7D #7D221B #457D1B #1B767D

square

#531B7D #7D221B #457D1B #1B767D

split-complementary

#531B7D #767D1B #1B7D22

monochromatic

#110519 #32104B #531B7D #7426AF #943DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#531B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#531B7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531B7D

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531B7D	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 27, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.156 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ea3',
    500: '#531b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531b7d;
$custom-light: #885ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 64.474,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36453,
    "c": 0.15555,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531B7D

secondary

#72B143

accent

#E74088

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531B7D

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

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