#531F8F#531F8F

#531F8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.170 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#531F8F
RGB	rgb(83, 31, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 78.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 46.28, -52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 69.66, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.0829 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.17 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0139, 4.8020, 26.4333)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#531F8F #5B8F1F

analogous

#1F238F #531F8F #8B1F8F

triadic

#531F8F #8F531F #1F8F53

tetradic

#531F8F #8F1F23 #5B8F1F #1F8F8B

square

#531F8F #8F1F23 #5B8F1F #1F8F8B

split-complementary

#531F8F #8F8B1F #238F1F

monochromatic

#19092A #36145D #531F8F #702AC1 #8F4FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#531F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#531F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #531F8F

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##531F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##531F8F	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #531f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 31, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.170 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61b1',
    500: '#531f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #531f8f;
$custom-light: #8a61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#531f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 64.368,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38444,
    "c": 0.17041,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#531F8F

secondary

#89BC4E

accent

#E7409A

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #531F8F

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

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