#5D238C#5D238C

#5D238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.165 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D238C
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.91, 45.59, -47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.91, 65.70, 313.94°)
OKLab	oklab(39.89% 0.0948 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(39.89% 0.165 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8478, 5.4227, 25.3338)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D238C #528C23

analogous

#29238C #5D238C #8C2387

triadic

#5D238C #8C5D23 #238C5D

tetradic

#5D238C #8C2923 #528C23 #23878C

square

#5D238C #8C2923 #528C23 #23878C

split-complementary

#5D238C #878C23 #238C29

monochromatic

#1C0B2A #3C175B #5D238C #7E2FBD #9B55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#5D238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5D238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D238C

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D238C	1.00	10.07	2.08	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.165 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064ae',
    500: '#5d238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d238c;
$custom-light: #9064ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3989,
    "c": 0.1646,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D238C

secondary

#80B852

accent

#E3458C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D238C

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

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