#5D237D#5D237D

#5D237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.149 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D237D
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 42.01, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 57.85, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0972 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.149 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8162, 5.0101, 19.9007)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D237D #437D23

analogous

#30237D #5D237D #7D2370

triadic

#5D237D #7D5D23 #237D5D

tetradic

#5D237D #7D3023 #437D23 #23707D

square

#5D237D #7D3023 #437D23 #23707D

split-complementary

#5D237D #707D23 #237D30

monochromatic

#16081D #39164D #5D237D #8130AD #A04DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#5D237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5D237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D237D

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D237D	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16407B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.149 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a3',
    500: '#5d237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d237d;
$custom-light: #8e63a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38717,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D237D

secondary

#70AF4C

accent

#E0487E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D237D

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

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