Color

#531ddd

#531ddd
hex#531ddd
rgbrgb(83, 29, 221)
hslhsl(257, 77%, 49%)
oklchoklch(0.461 0.254 282.8)
Closest name: Blurple (#5539cc)Relative luminance 0.0794

Colors that go with #531ddd

Charcoal, Denim and Cobalt Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#a7dd1d

#1d46dd · #b31ddd

#dd531d · #1ddd53

Split-complementary

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#ddb31d · #46dd1d

#dd1d46 · #a7dd1d · #1dddb3

Contrast

#531ddd as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.12:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.59:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #8158e9 as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #a385ef as the text (7.16:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c2c2c2 (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #f0f0f0 (7.12:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #531ddd as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Fonts for this mood

#531ddd reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #531ddd
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #531ddd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/531ddd-ac9cc4-dfc24e-291f2d-e9ebf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md