#531D8D#531D8D

#531D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.170 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531D8D
RGB	rgb(83, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 46.63, -51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 69.55, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.0852 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.17 300)
XYZ	xyz(8.8132, 4.6407, 25.6256)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531D8D #578D1D

analogous

#1D1F8D #531D8D #8B1D8D

triadic

#531D8D #8D531D #1D8D53

tetradic

#531D8D #8D1D1F #578D1D #1D8D8B

square

#531D8D #8D1D1F #578D1D #1D8D8B

split-complementary

#531D8D #8D8B1D #1F8D1D

monochromatic

#170827 #35135A #531D8D #7127C0 #904BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#531D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#531D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531D8D

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531D8D	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.170 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960af',
    500: '#531d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531d8d;
$custom-light: #8960af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.929,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38055,
    "c": 0.17035,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531D8D

secondary

#85BC4A

accent

#E93F97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531D8D

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

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