#5D2197#5D2197

#5D2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.178 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2197
RGB	rgb(93, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 49.14, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 72.36, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.0941 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.178 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6426, 5.6492, 29.8019)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2197 #5B9721

analogous

#222197 #5D2197 #972196

triadic

#5D2197 #975D21 #21975D

tetradic

#5D2197 #972221 #5B9721 #219697

square

#5D2197 #972221 #5B9721 #219697

split-complementary

#5D2197 #969721 #219722

monochromatic

#1F0B33 #3E1665 #5D2197 #7C2CC9 #9A58DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#5D2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5D2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2197

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2197	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.178 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9163b6',
    500: '#5d2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2197;
$custom-light: #9163b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40597,
    "c": 0.17846,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2197

secondary

#89BE55

accent

#E74192

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2197

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

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