#531B82#531B82

#531B82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.161 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531B82
RGB	rgb(83, 27, 130)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 79.2%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.43, 44.73, -46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.43, 64.72, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0899 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.161 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.9875, 4.2346, 21.5113)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531B82 #4A821B

analogous

#1F1B82 #531B82 #821B7D

triadic

#531B82 #82531B #1B8253

tetradic

#531B82 #821F1B #4A821B #1B7D82

square

#531B82 #821F1B #4A821B #1B7D82

split-complementary

#531B82 #7D821B #1B821F

monochromatic

#12061D #33104F #531B82 #7326B5 #9240D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#531B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#531B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531B82

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531B82	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 27, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.161 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ea7',
    500: '#531b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531b82;
$custom-light: #885ea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.621,
    "s": 65.605,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3688,
    "c": 0.1608,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531B82

secondary

#77B643

accent

#E93F8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531B82

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

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