#531F8B#531F8B

#531F8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.166 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531F8B
RGB	rgb(83, 31, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 77.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 45.25, -50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 67.56, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% 0.084 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.166 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7163, 4.6830, 24.8658)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531F8B #578B1F

analogous

#1F218B #531F8B #891F8B

triadic

#531F8B #8B531F #1F8B53

tetradic

#531F8B #8B1F21 #578B1F #1F8B89

square

#531F8B #8B1F21 #578B1F #1F8B89

split-complementary

#531F8B #8B891F #218B1F

monochromatic

#170927 #351459 #531F8B #712ABD #904DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#531F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#531F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531F8B

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531F8B	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 31, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.166 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961ae',
    500: '#531f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531f8b;
$custom-light: #8961ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38089,
    "c": 0.16607,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531F8B

secondary

#85BA4C

accent

#E74197

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531F8B

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

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