#531B8F#531B8F

#531B8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.174 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531B8F
RGB	rgb(83, 27, 143)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 81.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.58, 47.96, -53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.58, 71.49, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0862 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.174 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9159, 4.6059, 26.4006)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531B8F #578F1B

analogous

#1B1D8F #531B8F #8D1B8F

triadic

#531B8F #8F531B #1B8F53

tetradic

#531B8F #8F1B1D #578F1B #1B8F8D

square

#531B8F #8F1B1D #578F1B #1B8F8D

split-complementary

#531B8F #8F8D1B #1D8F1B

monochromatic

#170828 #35115C #531B8F #7125C2 #9048DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#531B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#531B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531B8F

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531B8F	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 27, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.174 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fb1',
    500: '#531b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531b8f;
$custom-light: #8a5fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38038,
    "c": 0.17446,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531B8F

secondary

#85BE48

accent

#EB3D97

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #531B8F

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

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