#531F8D#531F8D

#531F8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.168 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531F8D
RGB	rgb(83, 31, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 78%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.99, 45.76, -51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.99, 68.61, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0834 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.168 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8638, 4.7420, 25.6424)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531F8D #598D1F

analogous

#1F228D #531F8D #8A1F8D

triadic

#531F8D #8D531F #1F8D53

tetradic

#531F8D #8D1F22 #598D1F #1F8D8A

square

#531F8D #8D1F22 #598D1F #1F8D8A

split-complementary

#531F8D #8D8A1F #228D1F

monochromatic

#180929 #35145B #531F8D #712ABF #8F4ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#531F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#531F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531F8D

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531F8D	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 31, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.168 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961af',
    500: '#531f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531f8d;
$custom-light: #8961af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.364,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38266,
    "c": 0.16824,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531F8D

secondary

#87BB4D

accent

#E74198

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #531F8D

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

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