#531C9D#531C9D

#531C9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.188 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531C9D
RGB	rgb(83, 28, 157)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 82.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 51.10, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 78.25, 310.77°)
OKLab	oklab(39.44% 0.0809 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(39.44% 0.188 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0667, 5.1036, 32.3464)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531C9D #669D1C

analogous

#1C269D #531C9D #941C9D

triadic

#531C9D #9D531C #1C9D53

tetradic

#531C9D #9D1C26 #669D1C #1C9D94

square

#531C9D #9D1C26 #669D1C #1C9D94

split-complementary

#531C9D #9D941C #269D1C

monochromatic

#1C0935 #381369 #531C9D #6E25D1 #8F53E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#531C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#531C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531C9D

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531C9D	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 28, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.188 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b60bb',
    500: '#531c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531c9d;
$custom-light: #8b60bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.581,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39442,
    "c": 0.18825,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531C9D

secondary

#93C351

accent

#ED3BA1

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #531C9D

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

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