#531E87#531E87

#531E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.163 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531E87
RGB	rgb(83, 30, 135)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 77.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 44.68, -48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 65.93, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.0859 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.163 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4037, 4.5168, 23.3461)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531E87 #52871E

analogous

#1F1E87 #531E87 #871E86

triadic

#531E87 #87531E #1E8753

tetradic

#531E87 #871F1E #52871E #1E8687

square

#531E87 #871F1E #52871E #1E8687

split-complementary

#531E87 #86871E #1E871F

monochromatic

#150823 #341355 #531E87 #7229B9 #9049D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#531E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#531E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531E87

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531E87	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 30, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.163 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960ab',
    500: '#531e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531e87;
$custom-light: #8960ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.286,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3763,
    "c": 0.16284,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531E87

secondary

#80B948

accent

#E74193

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531E87

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

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