#531C8D#531C8D

#531C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.171 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531C8D
RGB	rgb(83, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 47.05, -51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 70.01, 312.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.086 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.171 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7890, 4.5925, 25.6175)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531C8D #568D1C

analogous

#1C1D8D #531C8D #8B1C8D

triadic

#531C8D #8D531C #1C8D53

tetradic

#531C8D #8D1C1D #568D1C #1C8D8B

square

#531C8D #8D1C1D #568D1C #1C8D8B

split-complementary

#531C8D #8D8B1C #1D8D1C

monochromatic

#170827 #35125A #531C8D #7126C0 #9049DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#531C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#531C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531C8D

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531C8D	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.171 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895faf',
    500: '#531c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531c8d;
$custom-light: #895faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.204,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37954,
    "c": 0.17137,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531C8D

secondary

#84BD48

accent

#EA3E96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531C8D

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

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