#5D2181#5D2181

#5D2181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.155 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2181
RGB	rgb(93, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 43.86, -42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 60.96, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% 0.0988 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.155 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0197, 5.0000, 21.2546)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2181 #458121

analogous

#2D2181 #5D2181 #812175

triadic

#5D2181 #815D21 #21815D

tetradic

#5D2181 #812D21 #458121 #217581

square

#5D2181 #812D21 #458121 #217581

split-complementary

#5D2181 #758121 #21812D

monochromatic

#170820 #3A1550 #5D2181 #802DB2 #9F4BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#5D2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5D2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2181

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2181	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B407F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.155 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62a6',
    500: '#5d2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2181;
$custom-light: #8f62a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3879,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2181

secondary

#72B44A

accent

#E24580

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2181

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

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