#531E8B#531E8B

#531E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.167 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#531E8B
RGBrgb(83, 30, 139)
HSLhsl(269, 64%, 33%)
HSVhsv(269, 78%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(40.3%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(25.66, 45.69, -50.41)
CIE-LCHlch(25.66, 68.04, 312.19°)
OKLaboklab(37.98% 0.0849 -0.144)
OKLCHoklch(37.98% 0.167 300.5)
XYZxyz(8.6906, 4.6315, 24.8572)
Luminance0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#531E8B #568B1E
analogous
#1E208B #531E8B #891E8B
triadic
#531E8B #8B531E #1E8B53
tetradic
#531E8B #8B1E20 #568B1E #1E8B89
square
#531E8B #8B1E20 #568B1E #1E8B89
split-complementary
#531E8B #8B891E #208B1E
monochromatic
#170826 #351359 #531E8B #7129BD #904BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90
#531E8B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93
#531E8B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531E8B
10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##531E8B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##531E8B1.0010.901.9310.90
#FFFFFF10.901.0021.001.00
#0000001.9321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.901.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003C8E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003C89
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#463B54
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #531e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.167 300.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960ae',
    500: '#531e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #531e8b;
$custom-light: #8960ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#531e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.174,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37981,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#531E8B
secondary
#84BB4A
accent
#E74096
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#F0EAF4
border
#CBC6CE
text
#0C0510
muted
#7D797F

Preview Lab

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#531E8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva