#57237A#57237A

#57237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.143 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57237A
RGB	rgb(87, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 39.93, -39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 56.30, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% 0.089 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.143 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0436, 4.6336, 18.8792)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57237A #467A23

analogous

#2B237A #57237A #7A2371

triadic

#57237A #7A5723 #237A57

tetradic

#57237A #7A2B23 #467A23 #23717A

square

#57237A #7A2B23 #467A23 #23717A

split-complementary

#57237A #717A23 #237A2B

monochromatic

#13081B #35154A #57237A #7931AA #984CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#57237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#57237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #57237A

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##57237A	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.143 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62a1',
    500: '#57237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57237a;
$custom-light: #8a62a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.862,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37676,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57237A

secondary

#73AD4C

accent

#DF4985

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #57237A

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

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