#531C8E#531C8E

#531C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.172 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531C8E
RGB	rgb(83, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.63, 47.30, -52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.63, 70.53, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0857 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.172 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8638, 4.6224, 26.0112)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531C8E #578E1C

analogous

#1C1E8E #531C8E #8C1C8E

triadic

#531C8E #8E531C #1C8E53

tetradic

#531C8E #8E1C1E #578E1C #1C8E8C

square

#531C8E #8E1C1E #578E1C #1C8E8C

split-complementary

#531C8E #8E8C1C #1E8E1C

monochromatic

#170828 #35125B #531C8E #7126C1 #9049DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#531C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#531C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531C8E

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531C8E	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.172 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fb0',
    500: '#531c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531c8e;
$custom-light: #8a5fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.947,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38045,
    "c": 0.17243,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531C8E

secondary

#85BD49

accent

#EA3E97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #531C8E

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

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