#531E8F#531E8F

#531E8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.171 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531E8F
RGB	rgb(83, 30, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 79%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 46.71, -52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 70.14, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% 0.0838 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.171 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9882, 4.7506, 26.4247)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531E8F #5A8F1E

analogous

#1E218F #531E8F #8C1E8F

triadic

#531E8F #8F531E #1E8F53

tetradic

#531E8F #8F1E21 #5A8F1E #1E8F8C

square

#531E8F #8F1E21 #5A8F1E #1E8F8C

split-complementary

#531E8F #8F8C1E #218F1E

monochromatic

#18092A #36135C #531E8F #7029C2 #8F4EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#531E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#531E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531E8F

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531E8F	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 30, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.171 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60b1',
    500: '#531e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531e8f;
$custom-light: #8a60b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.142,
    "s": 65.318,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38339,
    "c": 0.17146,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531E8F

secondary

#88BC4C

accent

#E84099

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #531E8F

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

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