#531C8F#531C8F

#531C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.173 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531C8F
RGB	rgb(83, 28, 143)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 80.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 47.55, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 71.05, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(38.14% 0.0854 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(38.14% 0.173 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9392, 4.6526, 26.4083)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531C8F #588F1C

analogous

#1C1E8F #531C8F #8C1C8F

triadic

#531C8F #8F531C #1C8F53

tetradic

#531C8F #8F1C1E #588F1C #1C8F8C

square

#531C8F #8F1C1E #588F1C #1C8F8C

split-complementary

#531C8F #8F8C1C #1E8F1C

monochromatic

#180829 #35125C #531C8F #7126C2 #904ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#531C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#531C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531C8F

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531C8F	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 28, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.173 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fb1',
    500: '#531c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531c8f;
$custom-light: #8a5fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38135,
    "c": 0.17349,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531C8F

secondary

#86BE49

accent

#EA3E98

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #531C8F

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

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