#5D2172#5D2172

#5D2172 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.140 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2172
RGB	rgb(93, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(284, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, 40.44, -34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 53.20, 319.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.1006 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.14 316)
XYZ	xyz(8.0948, 4.6301, 16.3836)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.26

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2172 #367221

analogous

#352172 #5D2172 #72215F

triadic

#5D2172 #725D21 #21725D

tetradic

#5D2172 #723521 #367221 #215F72

square

#5D2172 #723521 #367221 #215F72

split-complementary

#5D2172 #5F7221 #217235

monochromatic

#130718 #361343 #5D2172 #842FA1 #A744C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#5D2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5D2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2172

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2172	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213E70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C3147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.140 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e629b',
    500: '#5d2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2172;
$custom-light: #8e629b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37675,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.0463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2172

secondary

#61A549

accent

#DE4970

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2172

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

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