#5D238B#5D238B

#5D238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.164 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D238B
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.83, 45.34, -46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.83, 65.18, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.81% 0.095 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(39.81% 0.164 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7744, 5.3934, 24.9472)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D238B #518B23

analogous

#29238B #5D238B #8B2385

triadic

#5D238B #8B5D23 #238B5D

tetradic

#5D238B #8B2923 #518B23 #23858B

square

#5D238B #8B2923 #518B23 #23858B

split-complementary

#5D238B #858B23 #238B29

monochromatic

#1C0A29 #3C175A #5D238B #7E2FBC #9C54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#5D238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5D238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D238B

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D238B	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.164 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64ae',
    500: '#5d238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d238b;
$custom-light: #8f64ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39809,
    "c": 0.16353,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D238B

secondary

#7FB852

accent

#E3458B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D238B

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

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