#531E8E#531E8E

#531E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.170 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531E8E
RGB	rgb(83, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.92, 46.46, -51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.92, 69.61, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.084 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.17 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9128, 4.7204, 26.0275)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531E8E #598E1E

analogous

#1E218E #531E8E #8B1E8E

triadic

#531E8E #8E531E #1E8E53

tetradic

#531E8E #8E1E21 #598E1E #1E8E8B

square

#531E8E #8E1E21 #598E1E #1E8E8B

split-complementary

#531E8E #8E8B1E #218E1E

monochromatic

#180929 #35135B #531E8E #7129C1 #8F4DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#531E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#531E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531E8E

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531E8E	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.170 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960b0',
    500: '#531e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531e8e;
$custom-light: #8960b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.393,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38249,
    "c": 0.17038,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531E8E

secondary

#87BC4C

accent

#E84098

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #531E8E

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

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