#5D237B#5D237B

#5D237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.146 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D237B
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.62, 41.54, -38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.62, 56.80, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% 0.0974 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.146 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6897, 4.9595, 19.2346)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D237B #417B23

analogous

#31237B #5D237B #7B236D

triadic

#5D237B #7B5D23 #237B5D

tetradic

#5D237B #7B3123 #417B23 #236D7B

square

#5D237B #7B3123 #417B23 #236D7B

split-complementary

#5D237B #6D7B23 #237B31

monochromatic

#15081C #39154B #5D237B #8131AB #A14CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#5D237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5D237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D237B

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D237B	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.146 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a2',
    500: '#5d237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d237b;
$custom-light: #8e63a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38568,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D237B

secondary

#6DAE4C

accent

#DF497C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D237B

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

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