#531E8D#531E8D

#531E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.169 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531E8D
RGB	rgb(83, 30, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 78.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.83, 46.20, -51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.83, 69.09, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0843 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.169 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8381, 4.6905, 25.6339)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531E8D #588D1E

analogous

#1E208D #531E8D #8A1E8D

triadic

#531E8D #8D531E #1E8D53

tetradic

#531E8D #8D1E20 #588D1E #1E8D8A

square

#531E8D #8D1E20 #588D1E #1E8D8A

split-complementary

#531E8D #8D8A1E #208D1E

monochromatic

#180928 #35135B #531E8D #7129BF #904CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#531E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#531E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531E8D

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531E8D	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 30, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.169 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960af',
    500: '#531e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531e8d;
$custom-light: #8960af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.649,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38159,
    "c": 0.16931,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531E8D

secondary

#86BC4B

accent

#E84098

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531E8D

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

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