#5D237C#5D237C

#5D237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.148 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D237C
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 41.78, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 57.33, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0973 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.148 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7526, 4.9847, 19.5659)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D237C #427C23

analogous

#30237C #5D237C #7C236E

triadic

#5D237C #7C5D23 #237C5D

tetradic

#5D237C #7C3023 #427C23 #236E7C

square

#5D237C #7C3023 #427C23 #236E7C

split-complementary

#5D237C #6E7C23 #237C30

monochromatic

#15081D #39164C #5D237C #8130AC #A04DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#5D237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5D237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D237C

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D237C	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17407A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.148 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a2',
    500: '#5d237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d237c;
$custom-light: #8e63a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.101,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38642,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D237C

secondary

#6EAF4C

accent

#DF497D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D237C

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

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