#5D227D#5D227D

#5D227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.150 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D227D
RGB	rgb(93, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.60, 42.47, -40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.60, 58.37, 316.69°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0983 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.15 311)
XYZ	xyz(8.7872, 4.9521, 19.8910)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D227D #427D22

analogous

#2F227D #5D227D #7D226F

triadic

#5D227D #7D5D22 #227D5D

tetradic

#5D227D #7D2F22 #427D22 #226F7D

square

#5D227D #7D2F22 #427D22 #226F7D

split-complementary

#5D227D #6F7D22 #227D2F

monochromatic

#15081D #39154D #5D227D #812FAD #A04BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#5D227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5D227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D227D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D227D	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14407B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.150 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a3',
    500: '#5d227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d227d;
$custom-light: #8e63a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.901,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38598,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.04952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D227D

secondary

#6EB04B

accent

#E0477D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D227D

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

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