#57279B#57279B

#57279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.175 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57279B
RGB	rgb(87, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.01, 46.42, -54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.01, 71.80, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0787 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.175 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.5708, 5.8436, 31.5750)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57279B #6B9B27

analogous

#27319B #57279B #91279B

triadic

#57279B #9B5727 #279B57

tetradic

#57279B #9B2731 #6B9B27 #279B91

square

#57279B #9B2731 #6B9B27 #279B91

split-complementary

#57279B #9B9127 #319B27

monochromatic

#200E39 #3C1B6A #57279B #7233CC #9464D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#57279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#57279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #57279B

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##57279B	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.175 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d66b9',
    500: '#57279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57279b;
$custom-light: #8d66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40887,
    "c": 0.17538,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57279B

secondary

#97BE60

accent

#E345A2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #57279B

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

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