#57237F#57237F

#57237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.149 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57237F
RGB	rgb(87, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 41.16, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 58.98, 314.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.0883 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.149 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3614, 4.7607, 20.5530)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57237F #4B7F23

analogous

#29237F #57237F #7F2379

triadic

#57237F #7F5723 #237F57

tetradic

#57237F #7F2923 #4B7F23 #23797F

square

#57237F #7F2923 #4B7F23 #23797F

split-complementary

#57237F #797F23 #237F29

monochromatic

#15091F #36164F #57237F #7830AF #974ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#57237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#57237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #57237F

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##57237F	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.149 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63a5',
    500: '#57237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57237f;
$custom-light: #8a63a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38065,
    "c": 0.14893,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57237F

secondary

#78B14C

accent

#E0488A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #57237F

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

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