#531C85#531C85

#531C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.163 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531C85
RGB	rgb(83, 28, 133)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.84, 45.05, -48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.84, 65.83, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0882 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.163 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2152, 4.3630, 22.5951)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531C85 #4E851C

analogous

#1F1C85 #531C85 #851C83

triadic

#531C85 #85531C #1C8553

tetradic

#531C85 #851F1C #4E851C #1C8385

square

#531C85 #851F1C #4E851C #1C8385

split-complementary

#531C85 #83851C #1C851F

monochromatic

#140720 #331152 #531C85 #7327B8 #9144D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#531C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#531C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531C85

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531C85	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 28, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.163 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fa9',
    500: '#531c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531c85;
$custom-light: #895fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37244,
    "c": 0.16289,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531C85

secondary

#7CB845

accent

#E84090

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531C85

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

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