#531D85#531D85

#531D85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.162 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531D85
RGB	rgb(83, 29, 133)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 78.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 44.62, -47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 65.36, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.0873 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.162 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2393, 4.4112, 22.6031)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531D85 #4F851D

analogous

#1F1D85 #531D85 #851D83

triadic

#531D85 #85531D #1D8553

tetradic

#531D85 #851F1D #4F851D #1D8385

square

#531D85 #851F1D #4F851D #1D8385

split-complementary

#531D85 #83851D #1D851F

monochromatic

#140721 #341253 #531D85 #7228B7 #9146D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#531D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#531D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531D85

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531D85	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 29, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.162 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fa9',
    500: '#531d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531d85;
$custom-light: #895fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 64.198,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37349,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531D85

secondary

#7DB846

accent

#E74191

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531D85

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

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