#531B86#531B86

#531B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.165 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531B86
RGB	rgb(83, 27, 134)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 79.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 45.72, -48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 66.81, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.0889 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.165 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2613, 4.3441, 22.9529)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531B86 #4E861B

analogous

#1E1B86 #531B86 #861B84

triadic

#531B86 #86531B #1B8653

tetradic

#531B86 #861E1B #4E861B #1B8486

square

#531B86 #861E1B #4E861B #1B8486

split-complementary

#531B86 #84861B #1B861E

monochromatic

#140620 #331153 #531B86 #7325B9 #9142D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#531B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#531B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531B86

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531B86	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 27, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.165 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895eaa',
    500: '#531b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531b86;
$custom-light: #895eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.402,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3723,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531B86

secondary

#7CB944

accent

#E93E90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531B86

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

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