#531E8A#531E8A

#531E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.166 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531E8A
RGB	rgb(83, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 45.44, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 67.51, 312.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.89% 0.0851 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(37.89% 0.166 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6179, 4.6025, 24.4742)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531E8A #558A1E

analogous

#1E1F8A #531E8A #891E8A

triadic

#531E8A #8A531E #1E8A53

tetradic

#531E8A #8A1E1F #558A1E #1E8A89

square

#531E8A #8A1E1F #558A1E #1E8A89

split-complementary

#531E8A #8A891E #1F8A1E

monochromatic

#170825 #351358 #531E8A #7129BC #904BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#531E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#531E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531E8A

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531E8A	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.166 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960ad',
    500: '#531e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531e8a;
$custom-light: #8960ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.444,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37893,
    "c": 0.16608,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531E8A

secondary

#83BA4A

accent

#E74195

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531E8A

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

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