#531C87#531C87

#531C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.165 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531C87
RGB	rgb(83, 28, 135)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 79.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 45.55, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 66.88, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0877 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.165 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3547, 4.4187, 23.3297)
Luminance	0.0442 (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

#531C87 #50871C

analogous

#1E1C87 #531C87 #871C86

triadic

#531C87 #87531C #1C8753

tetradic

#531C87 #871E1C #50871C #1C8687

square

#531C87 #871E1C #50871C #1C8687

split-complementary

#531C87 #86871C #1C871E

monochromatic

#150722 #341154 #531C87 #7227BA #9145D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#531C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#531C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531C87

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531C87	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 28, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.165 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fab',
    500: '#531c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531c87;
$custom-light: #895fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.841,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37419,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531C87

secondary

#7EBA45

accent

#E93F92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531C87

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

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