#57238B#57238B

#57238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.162 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57238B
RGB	rgb(87, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 44.17, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 65.38, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.0861 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.162 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1906, 5.0923, 24.9198)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57238B #578B23

analogous

#23238B #57238B #8B238B

triadic

#57238B #8B5723 #238B57

tetradic

#57238B #8B2323 #578B23 #238B8B

square

#57238B #8B2323 #578B23 #238B8B

split-complementary

#57238B #8B8B23 #238B23

monochromatic

#1A0A29 #38175A #57238B #762FBC #9454D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#57238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#57238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #57238B

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##57238B	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.162 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63ae',
    500: '#57238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57238b;
$custom-light: #8b63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39042,
    "c": 0.16219,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57238B

secondary

#85B852

accent

#E34594

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #57238B

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

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