#531D8B#531D8B

#531D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.168 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531D8B
RGB	rgb(83, 29, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 79.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 46.12, -50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 68.51, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.0857 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.168 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6657, 4.5817, 24.8489)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531D8B #558B1D

analogous

#1D1E8B #531D8B #8A1D8B

triadic

#531D8B #8B531D #1D8B53

tetradic

#531D8B #8B1D1E #558B1D #1D8B8A

square

#531D8B #8B1D1E #558B1D #1D8B8A

split-complementary

#531D8B #8B8A1D #1E8B1D

monochromatic

#170826 #351258 #531D8B #7128BE #9049D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#531D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#531D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531D8B

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531D8B	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 29, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.168 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960ae',
    500: '#531d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531d8b;
$custom-light: #8960ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.455,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37877,
    "c": 0.16822,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531D8B

secondary

#83BB49

accent

#E83F95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531D8B

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

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