#5D237E#5D237E

#5D237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.150 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D237E
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.84, 42.24, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.84, 58.37, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% 0.0971 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.15 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8804, 5.0358, 20.2388)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D237E #447E23

analogous

#30237E #5D237E #7E2372

triadic

#5D237E #7E5D23 #237E5D

tetradic

#5D237E #7E3023 #447E23 #23727E

square

#5D237E #7E3023 #447E23 #23727E

split-complementary

#5D237E #727E23 #237E30

monochromatic

#16081E #3A164E #5D237E #8030AE #9F4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#5D237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5D237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D237E

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D237E	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14407C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.150 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a4',
    500: '#5d237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d237e;
$custom-light: #8e63a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.242,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38792,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D237E

secondary

#71B04C

accent

#E0487F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D237E

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

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