#5D2179#5D2179

#5D2179 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.147 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2179
RGB	rgb(93, 33, 121)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 72.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 42.01, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 56.81, 317.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.18% 0.0999 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(38.18% 0.147 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5086, 4.7956, 18.5629)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2179 #3D7921

analogous

#312179 #5D2179 #792169

triadic

#5D2179 #795D21 #21795D

tetradic

#5D2179 #793121 #3D7921 #216979

square

#5D2179 #793121 #3D7921 #216979

split-complementary

#5D2179 #697921 #217931

monochromatic

#130719 #381449 #5D2179 #822EA9 #A247CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#5D2179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5D2179 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2179

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2179	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 33, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.147 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62a0',
    500: '#5d2179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2179;
$custom-light: #8e62a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38183,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2179

secondary

#69AC4A

accent

#E04778

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2179

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

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