#531D71#531D71

#531D71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.140 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531D71
RGB	rgb(83, 29, 113)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 74.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 39.74, -37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 54.76, 316.53°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.0914 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.14 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9867, 3.9101, 16.0063)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531D71 #3B711D

analogous

#291D71 #531D71 #711D65

triadic

#531D71 #71531D #1D7153

tetradic

#531D71 #71291D #3B711D #1D6571

square

#531D71 #71291D #3B711D #1D6571

split-complementary

#531D71 #65711D #1D7129

monochromatic

#120618 #2F1140 #531D71 #7729A2 #993CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#531D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#531D71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531D71

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531D71	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F396F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 29, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.140 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e9a',
    500: '#531d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531d71;
$custom-light: #875e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35701,
    "c": 0.14036,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531D71

secondary

#67A544

accent

#E2457D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #531D71

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

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