#5531B2#5531B2

#5531B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.191 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5531B2
RGB	rgb(85, 49, 178)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 72.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.57, 47.44, -62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.57, 78.72, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% 0.0614 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.191 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8782, 7.3417, 42.8494)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5531B2 #8EB231

analogous

#314EB2 #5531B2 #9631B2

triadic

#5531B2 #B25531 #31B255

tetradic

#5531B2 #B2314E #8EB231 #31B296

square

#5531B2 #B2314E #8EB231 #31B296

split-complementary

#5531B2 #B29631 #4EB231

monochromatic

#271752 #3E2482 #5531B2 #7451CF #9B81DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#5531B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#5531B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5531B2

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5531B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5531B2	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32536E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5531b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 49, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.191 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6cca',
    500: '#5531b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5531b2;
$custom-light: #8e6cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5531b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.744,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43971,
    "c": 0.19065,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5531B2

secondary

#B0C579

accent

#E048B6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5531B2

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

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