#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
RGB	rgb(83, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 45.69, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 68.04, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0849 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.167 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6906, 4.6315, 24.8572)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##531E8B	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #531E8B

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

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