#531C8C#531C8C

#531C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.170 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531C8C
RGB	rgb(83, 28, 140)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 80%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 46.80, -51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 69.49, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.0863 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.17 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7150, 4.5629, 25.2274)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531C8C #558C1C

analogous

#1C1D8C #531C8C #8B1C8C

triadic

#531C8C #8C531C #1C8C53

tetradic

#531C8C #8C1C1D #558C1C #1C8C8B

square

#531C8C #8C1C1D #558C1C #1C8C8B

split-complementary

#531C8C #8C8B1C #1D8C1C

monochromatic

#170826 #351259 #531C8C #7126BF #9048DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#531C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#531C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531C8C

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531C8C	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 28, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.170 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895faf',
    500: '#531c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531c8c;
$custom-light: #895faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.464,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37864,
    "c": 0.17031,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531C8C

secondary

#83BC48

accent

#EA3E95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531C8C

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

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