#531D89#531D89

#531D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.166 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531D89
RGB	rgb(83, 29, 137)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 78.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 45.62, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 67.46, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.7% 0.0863 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(37.7% 0.166 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5209, 4.5238, 24.0863)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531D89 #53891D

analogous

#1D1D89 #531D89 #891D89

triadic

#531D89 #89531D #1D8953

tetradic

#531D89 #891D1D #53891D #1D8989

square

#531D89 #891D1D #53891D #1D8989

split-complementary

#531D89 #89891D #1D891D

monochromatic

#160824 #341256 #531D89 #7228BC #9048D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#531D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#531D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531D89

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531D89	1.00	11.02	1.90	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 29, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.166 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960ac',
    500: '#531d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531d89;
$custom-light: #8960ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 65.06,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37699,
    "c": 0.16608,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531D89

secondary

#81BA47

accent

#E84094

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531D89

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

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