#5D236E#5D236E

#5D236E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.133 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D236E
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(286, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(286, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.73, 38.61, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.73, 50.06, 320.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0983 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.133 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9293, 4.6553, 15.2297)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D236E #346E23

analogous

#37236E #5D236E #6E2359

triadic

#5D236E #6E5D23 #236E5D

tetradic

#5D236E #6E3723 #346E23 #23596E

square

#5D236E #6E3723 #346E23 #23596E

split-complementary

#5D236E #596E23 #236E37

monochromatic

#140717 #361440 #5D236E #84329C #A847C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#5D236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5D236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D236E

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D236E	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.133 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6398',
    500: '#5d236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d236e;
$custom-light: #8d6398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.4,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37644,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D236E

secondary

#5FA14C

accent

#DB4D6D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D236E

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