#531E7D#531E7D

#531E7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.152 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531E7D
RGB	rgb(83, 30, 125)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 76%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 42.19, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 60.63, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0882 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.152 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7324, 4.2483, 19.8107)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531E7D #487D1E

analogous

#241E7D #531E7D #7D1E77

triadic

#531E7D #7D531E #1E7D53

tetradic

#531E7D #7D241E #487D1E #1E777D

square

#531E7D #7D241E #487D1E #1E777D

split-complementary

#531E7D #777D1E #1E7D24

monochromatic

#11061A #32124C #531E7D #742AAE #9343D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#531E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#531E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531E7D

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531E7D	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 30, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.152 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fa3',
    500: '#531e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531e7d;
$custom-light: #885fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.474,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36781,
    "c": 0.15203,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531E7D

secondary

#75B046

accent

#E4438B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531E7D

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

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