#57238E#57238E

#57238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.166 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57238E
RGB	rgb(87, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.24, 44.93, -49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.24, 66.97, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(39.3% 0.0855 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(39.3% 0.166 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4128, 5.1812, 26.0901)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57238E #5A8E23

analogous

#23248E #57238E #8D238E

triadic

#57238E #8E5723 #238E57

tetradic

#57238E #8E2324 #5A8E23 #238E8D

square

#57238E #8E2324 #5A8E23 #238E8D

split-complementary

#57238E #8E8D23 #248E23

monochromatic

#1B0B2C #39175D #57238E #752FBF #9456D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#57238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#57238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #57238E

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##57238E	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.166 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63b0',
    500: '#57238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57238e;
$custom-light: #8c63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.159,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39295,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57238E

secondary

#88B953

accent

#E44496

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #57238E

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

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