#531D7F#531D7F

#531D7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.155 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531D7F
RGB	rgb(83, 29, 127)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 77.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 43.13, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 62.19, 313.91°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0888 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.155 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8365, 4.2501, 20.4821)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531D7F #497F1D

analogous

#221D7F #531D7F #7F1D7A

triadic

#531D7F #7F531D #1D7F53

tetradic

#531D7F #7F221D #497F1D #1D7A7F

square

#531D7F #7F221D #497F1D #1D7A7F

split-complementary

#531D7F #7A7F1D #1D7F22

monochromatic

#12061B #32124D #531D7F #7428B1 #9342D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#531D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#531D7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531D7F

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531D7F	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 29, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.155 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fa5',
    500: '#531d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531d7f;
$custom-light: #885fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.061,
    "s": 62.821,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36836,
    "c": 0.15537,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531D7F

secondary

#76B245

accent

#E6428C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531D7F

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

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