#531E81#531E81

#531E81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.156 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531E81
RGB	rgb(83, 30, 129)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 76.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 43.18, -45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 62.75, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0873 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.156 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.9931, 4.3525, 21.1837)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531E81 #4C811E

analogous

#211E81 #531E81 #811E7D

triadic

#531E81 #81531E #1E8153

tetradic

#531E81 #81211E #4C811E #1E7D81

square

#531E81 #81211E #4C811E #1E7D81

split-complementary

#531E81 #7D811E #1E8121

monochromatic

#13071E #33124F #531E81 #732AB3 #9246D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#531E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#531E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531E81

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531E81	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 30, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.156 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860a6',
    500: '#531e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531e81;
$custom-light: #8860a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.121,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37116,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531E81

secondary

#7AB447

accent

#E5428E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531E81

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

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