#5D2198#5D2198

#5D2198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.179 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2198
RGB	rgb(93, 33, 152)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 78.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 49.39, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 72.88, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0939 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.18 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7242, 5.6818, 30.2314)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2198 #5C9821

analogous

#222198 #5D2198 #982198

triadic

#5D2198 #985D21 #21985D

tetradic

#5D2198 #982221 #5C9821 #219898

square

#5D2198 #982221 #5C9821 #219898

split-complementary

#5D2198 #989821 #219822

monochromatic

#1F0B33 #3E1666 #5D2198 #7C2CCA #9A59DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#5D2198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5D2198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2198

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2198	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 33, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.179 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9163b7',
    500: '#5d2198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2198;
$custom-light: #9163b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.252,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40683,
    "c": 0.1795,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2198

secondary

#8ABF56

accent

#E74093

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2198

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

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