#5D2199#5D2199

#5D2199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.181 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2199
RGB	rgb(93, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 49.63, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 73.39, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0936 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.181 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8064, 5.7147, 30.6645)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2199 #5D9921

analogous

#212199 #5D2199 #992199

triadic

#5D2199 #995D21 #21995D

tetradic

#5D2199 #992121 #5D9921 #219999

square

#5D2199 #992121 #5D9921 #219999

split-complementary

#5D2199 #999921 #219921

monochromatic

#200B34 #3E1667 #5D2199 #7C2CCB #9A59DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5D2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5D2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2199

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2199	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.181 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9163b8',
    500: '#5d2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2199;
$custom-light: #9163b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4077,
    "c": 0.18054,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2199

secondary

#8BBF56

accent

#E84094

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2199

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

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