#531D87#531D87

#531D87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.164 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531D87
RGB	rgb(83, 29, 135)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 78.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 45.12, -48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 66.41, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0868 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.164 302)
XYZ	xyz(8.3788, 4.4670, 23.3378)
Luminance	0.0447 (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

#531D87 #51871D

analogous

#1E1D87 #531D87 #871D86

triadic

#531D87 #87531D #1D8753

tetradic

#531D87 #871E1D #51871D #1D8687

square

#531D87 #871E1D #51871D #1D8687

split-complementary

#531D87 #86871D #1D871E

monochromatic

#150722 #341255 #531D87 #7228B9 #9147D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#531D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#531D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531D87

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531D87	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 29, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.164 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fab',
    500: '#531d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531d87;
$custom-light: #895fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.566,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37523,
    "c": 0.16394,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.04467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531D87

secondary

#7FB946

accent

#E84092

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531D87

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

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