#531B89#531B89

#531B89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.168 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531B89
RGB	rgb(83, 27, 137)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 80.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 46.46, -50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 68.38, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.5% 0.088 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(37.5% 0.168 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4735, 4.4290, 24.0705)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531B89 #51891B

analogous

#1C1B89 #531B89 #891B88

triadic

#531B89 #89531B #1B8953

tetradic

#531B89 #891C1B #51891B #1B8889

square

#531B89 #891C1B #51891B #1B8889

split-complementary

#531B89 #88891B #1B891C

monochromatic

#150723 #341156 #531B89 #7225BC #9144DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#531B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#531B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531B89

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531B89	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 27, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.168 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fac',
    500: '#531b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531b89;
$custom-light: #895fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.545,
    "s": 67.073,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37496,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531B89

secondary

#7FBC44

accent

#EA3E92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531B89

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

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