#531C86#531C86

#531C86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.164 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531C86
RGB	rgb(83, 28, 134)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 79.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 45.30, -48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 66.35, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.33% 0.088 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(37.33% 0.164 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2846, 4.3907, 22.9607)
Luminance	0.0439 (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

#531C86 #4F861C

analogous

#1E1C86 #531C86 #861C84

triadic

#531C86 #86531C #1C8653

tetradic

#531C86 #861E1C #4F861C #1C8486

square

#531C86 #861E1C #4F861C #1C8486

split-complementary

#531C86 #84861C #1C861E

monochromatic

#140721 #341153 #531C86 #7227B9 #9144D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#531C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#531C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531C86

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531C86	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 28, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.164 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895faa',
    500: '#531c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531c86;
$custom-light: #895faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.132,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37331,
    "c": 0.16395,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531C86

secondary

#7DB945

accent

#E83F91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531C86

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

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