#57238F#57238F

#57238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.167 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57238F
RGB	rgb(87, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 45.18, -50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 67.50, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.38% 0.0853 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(39.38% 0.167 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4882, 5.2114, 26.4873)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57238F #5B8F23

analogous

#23258F #57238F #8D238F

triadic

#57238F #8F5723 #238F57

tetradic

#57238F #8F2325 #5B8F23 #238F8D

square

#57238F #8F2325 #5B8F23 #238F8D

split-complementary

#57238F #8F8D23 #258F23

monochromatic

#1B0B2D #39175E #57238F #752FC0 #9457D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#57238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#57238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #57238F

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##57238F	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.167 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63b1',
    500: '#57238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57238f;
$custom-light: #8c63b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3938,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57238F

secondary

#89BA54

accent

#E44497

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #57238F

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

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