#531C8A#531C8A

#531C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.168 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531C8A
RGB	rgb(83, 28, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 79.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 46.29, -50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 68.45, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0869 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.168 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5688, 4.5044, 24.4578)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531C8A #538A1C

analogous

#1C1C8A #531C8A #8A1C8A

triadic

#531C8A #8A531C #1C8A53

tetradic

#531C8A #8A1C1C #538A1C #1C8A8A

square

#531C8A #8A1C1C #538A1C #1C8A8A

split-complementary

#531C8A #8A8A1C #1C8A1C

monochromatic

#160724 #341257 #531C8A #7226BD #9047DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#531C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#531C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531C8A

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531C8A	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 28, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.168 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fad',
    500: '#531c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531c8a;
$custom-light: #895fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37685,
    "c": 0.1682,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531C8A

secondary

#81BB46

accent

#E93F94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531C8A

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

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