#531C8B#531C8B

#531C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.169 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531C8B
RGB	rgb(83, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 46.55, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 68.97, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0866 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.169 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6416, 4.5335, 24.8409)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531C8B #548B1C

analogous

#1C1C8B #531C8B #8B1C8B

triadic

#531C8B #8B531C #1C8B53

tetradic

#531C8B #8B1C1C #548B1C #1C8B8B

square

#531C8B #8B1C1C #548B1C #1C8B8B

split-complementary

#531C8B #8B8B1C #1C8B1C

monochromatic

#160725 #351258 #531C8B #7126BE #9047DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#531C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#531C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531C8B

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531C8B	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.169 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fae',
    500: '#531c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531c8b;
$custom-light: #895fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.73,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37774,
    "c": 0.16925,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531C8B

secondary

#82BC47

accent

#E93E95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531C8B

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

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