#57238C#57238C

#57238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.163 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57238C
RGB	rgb(87, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, 44.42, -48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 65.91, 312.37°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0859 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.163 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2640, 5.1217, 25.3064)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57238C #588C23

analogous

#23248C #57238C #8C238C

triadic

#57238C #8C5723 #238C57

tetradic

#57238C #8C2324 #588C23 #238C8C

square

#57238C #8C2324 #588C23 #238C8C

split-complementary

#57238C #8C8C23 #248C23

monochromatic

#1A0B2A #39175B #57238C #752FBD #9455D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#57238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#57238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #57238C

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##57238C	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.163 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63ae',
    500: '#57238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57238c;
$custom-light: #8c63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39126,
    "c": 0.1633,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57238C

secondary

#86B852

accent

#E34595

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #57238C

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

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