#531F8E#531F8E

#531F8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.169 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531F8E
RGB	rgb(83, 31, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.07, 46.02, -51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.07, 69.14, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.0832 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.169 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9385, 4.7719, 26.0361)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531F8E #5A8E1F

analogous

#1F238E #531F8E #8B1F8E

triadic

#531F8E #8E531F #1F8E53

tetradic

#531F8E #8E1F23 #5A8E1F #1F8E8B

square

#531F8E #8E1F23 #5A8E1F #1F8E8B

split-complementary

#531F8E #8E8B1F #238E1F

monochromatic

#18092A #36145C #531F8E #702AC0 #8F4FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#531F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#531F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531F8E

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531F8E	1.00	10.74	1.95	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 31, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.169 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961b0',
    500: '#531f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531f8e;
$custom-light: #8961b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.108,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38355,
    "c": 0.16932,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531F8E

secondary

#88BB4D

accent

#E74199

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #531F8E

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

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